diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 49dbd79879d6..78c7c517f7e2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0ab6803bc90a8ee5c860ef09334b30007d1746be
+refs/heads/master: 680a27a23af45307095ae432dd0bc859e1fbe219
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 75a69bac82a8..bb18b9c3a5cb 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1886,9 +1886,6 @@ static int inet6_addr_add(int ifindex, struct in6_addr *pfx, int plen,
 	if ((dev = __dev_get_by_index(ifindex)) == NULL)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	
-	if (!(dev->flags&IFF_UP))
-		return -ENETDOWN;
-
 	if ((idev = addrconf_add_dev(dev)) == NULL)
 		return -ENOBUFS;
 
@@ -2922,9 +2919,6 @@ inet6_addr_modify(int ifindex, struct in6_addr *pfx,
 	if ((dev = __dev_get_by_index(ifindex)) == NULL)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (!(dev->flags&IFF_UP))
-		return -ENETDOWN;
-
 	if (!valid_lft || (prefered_lft > valid_lft))
 		return -EINVAL;