diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index bd2da2e69ee9..b7dcc6a78e83 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4ced3f74dae18715920cb680098ec7ff4345d0a3
+refs/heads/master: 53e9b1de6840d9047f768878adcbd1d116f72aca
diff --git a/trunk/net/mac80211/iface.c b/trunk/net/mac80211/iface.c
index 8ef2fde6e920..ebbe264e2b0b 100644
--- a/trunk/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/trunk/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ static int ieee80211_open(struct net_device *dev)
 			local->fif_other_bss++;
 
 		ieee80211_configure_filter(local);
+
+		netif_carrier_on(dev);
 		break;
 	default:
 		res = drv_add_interface(local, &sdata->vif);