diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 55bb27f249b2..2401f962e32a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9f35a7342cff0be72e3c038ea972e07662ca1ce8
+refs/heads/master: 8f4cccbbd92f2ad0ddbbc498ef7cee2a1c3defe9
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/netdevice.h b/trunk/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 9ad7fa8c10e0..ccac82e61604 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2227,6 +2227,7 @@ static inline void dev_hold(struct net_device *dev)
  * kind of lower layer not just hardware media.
  */
 
+extern void linkwatch_init_dev(struct net_device *dev);
 extern void linkwatch_fire_event(struct net_device *dev);
 extern void linkwatch_forget_dev(struct net_device *dev);
 
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/dev.c b/trunk/net/core/dev.c
index bc857fead8c8..2f25d0cac51c 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5648,6 +5648,8 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	set_bit(__LINK_STATE_PRESENT, &dev->state);
 
+	linkwatch_init_dev(dev);
+
 	dev_init_scheduler(dev);
 	dev_hold(dev);
 	list_netdevice(dev);
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/link_watch.c b/trunk/net/core/link_watch.c
index c3519c6d1b16..a01922219a23 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/link_watch.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/link_watch.c
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ static void rfc2863_policy(struct net_device *dev)
 }
 
 
+void linkwatch_init_dev(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	/* Handle pre-registration link state changes */
+	if (!netif_carrier_ok(dev) || netif_dormant(dev))
+		rfc2863_policy(dev);
+}
+
+
 static bool linkwatch_urgent_event(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	if (!netif_running(dev))