diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 72dc12774b92..768aa3ab859c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cbb35f8a2858f7e0fff5df598cb286c4bcae5976
+refs/heads/master: d3b325f9c25be6d504bc73afce7f92d0e25001d7
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
index beb84213b671..f0f890803710 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
@@ -1305,6 +1305,8 @@ static int emac_close(struct net_device *ndev)
 
 	free_irq(dev->emac_irq, dev);
 
+	netif_carrier_off(ndev);
+
 	return 0;
 }