diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 21478e3d6162..912e52c7d873 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c9caceca25854eff4328c89045793a91bf8f9ee3
+refs/heads/master: 7e765cb4a07356e4f01cc57959c3c798a586f749
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c b/trunk/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
index 00c23b1babca..dee23b159df2 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
@@ -448,6 +448,9 @@ static void efx_init_channels(struct efx_nic *efx)
 
 		WARN_ON(channel->rx_pkt != NULL);
 		efx_rx_strategy(channel);
+
+		netif_napi_add(channel->napi_dev, &channel->napi_str,
+			       efx_poll, napi_weight);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -462,10 +465,6 @@ static void efx_start_channel(struct efx_channel *channel)
 
 	EFX_LOG(channel->efx, "starting chan %d\n", channel->channel);
 
-	if (!(channel->efx->net_dev->flags & IFF_UP))
-		netif_napi_add(channel->napi_dev, &channel->napi_str,
-			       efx_poll, napi_weight);
-
 	/* The interrupt handler for this channel may set work_pending
 	 * as soon as we enable it.  Make sure it's cleared before
 	 * then.  Similarly, make sure it sees the enabled flag set. */