diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 108ea484d16d..7db6534dbc72 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b93196dc5af7729ff7cc50d3d322ab1a364aa14f
+refs/heads/master: e3d8fabee3b66ce158b2603f270479b84b6e4ba7
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/dev.c b/trunk/net/core/dev.c
index 0aea3fee7f6d..307142a702d5 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4971,7 +4971,7 @@ int dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 	else
 		dev->mtu = new_mtu;
 
-	if (!err && dev->flags & IFF_UP)
+	if (!err)
 		call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEMTU, dev);
 	return err;
 }