diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c343c3d3de19..902f686b709f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3bcf8229a8c49769e48d3e0bd1e20d8e003f8106
+refs/heads/master: a55cb185b4a8f84cd05b66bb00b267ea455ecdc8
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_hw.c b/trunk/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_hw.c
index da00e162b6d3..b1753138ac98 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_hw.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_hw.c
@@ -430,6 +430,9 @@ void qlcnic_set_multi(struct net_device *netdev)
 	u8 bcast_addr[ETH_ALEN] = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff };
 	u32 mode = VPORT_MISS_MODE_DROP;
 
+	if (adapter->is_up != QLCNIC_ADAPTER_UP_MAGIC)
+		return;
+
 	qlcnic_nic_add_mac(adapter, adapter->mac_addr);
 	qlcnic_nic_add_mac(adapter, bcast_addr);