diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c7d94cf8f9da..7cd3bbcc1e1e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e5cc44b2eb2b8192c9623eb877936063ba8556f3
+refs/heads/master: 3005ad40b95168aad530f1179cff47411b3ea8da
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c b/trunk/drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c
index 580968f304eb..3deabd1d0357 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -612,6 +612,9 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	int lso_header_size;
 	void *fragptr;
 
+	if (!priv->port_up)
+		goto tx_drop;
+
 	real_size = get_real_size(skb, dev, &lso_header_size);
 	if (unlikely(!real_size))
 		goto tx_drop;