diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b7f1c300d9c0..3d8730bc2a1c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f99189b186f3922ede4fa33c02f6edc735b8c981
+refs/heads/master: 63ae93a19094d88c8ca62543586b20e3a7ff7637
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
index e2ee47d9bca5..7692299e7826 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -3951,9 +3951,6 @@ static int qlge_set_mac_address(struct net_device *ndev, void *p)
 	struct sockaddr *addr = p;
 	int status;
 
-	if (netif_running(ndev))
-		return -EBUSY;
-
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
 		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 	memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ndev->addr_len);