diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 291a1f50535c..8b79400f2446 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1fe2cb32763457a829d33b38ec117ffe5c98e045
+refs/heads/master: e254e9bff5283aad1af6d74d2a312ee011b84d61
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/b44.c b/trunk/drivers/net/b44.c
index 3fe8ba992c38..f1bd45e3da31 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/b44.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/b44.c
@@ -1285,6 +1285,9 @@ static int b44_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	b44_init_hw(bp);
 	bp->flags |= B44_FLAG_INIT_COMPLETE;
 
+	netif_carrier_off(dev);
+	b44_check_phy(bp);
+
 	spin_unlock_irq(&bp->lock);
 
 	init_timer(&bp->timer);