diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c785c6239910..b949d01b84e6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 573dd788ccd919f90c78f971c0da124ffa4b8bff
+refs/heads/master: b4076d1715b8a38138db0805a85932b3b650d583
diff --git a/trunk/net/8021q/vlan.c b/trunk/net/8021q/vlan.c
index 6d37b7e2a767..a1f16303703a 100644
--- a/trunk/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/trunk/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -225,12 +225,6 @@ int vlan_check_real_dev(struct net_device *real_dev, u16 vlan_id)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
-	/* The real device must be up and operating in order to
-	 * assosciate a VLAN device with it.
-	 */
-	if (!(real_dev->flags & IFF_UP))
-		return -ENETDOWN;
-
 	if (__find_vlan_dev(real_dev, vlan_id) != NULL)
 		return -EEXIST;