diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d151416ccdb3..c08b65206556 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bc057e0366cad58e55038a2cb69572d51c40cdf3
+refs/heads/master: f82528bc13a157335dc53e78ce801883b26831e2
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/veth.c b/trunk/drivers/net/veth.c
index 4b6db3b6c5d5..9eb92bfa92ab 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t veth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	stats = this_cpu_ptr(priv->stats);
 	rcv_stats = this_cpu_ptr(rcv_priv->stats);
 
-	if (!(rcv->flags & IFF_UP))
-		goto tx_drop;
-
 	/* don't change ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL, as that
 	   will cause bad checksum on forwarded packets */
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_NONE &&