diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index fd69553cba6d..309023d45d3d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4b88f09364e94b05b66fb1441131e8460495a2f8
+refs/heads/master: 9908104935325bd6beba67d637b6f5396d47075c
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 1db50487916b..b7d8822c1be4 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2165,6 +2165,9 @@ static int addrconf_notify(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
 					dev->name);
 				break;
 			}
+
+			if (idev)
+				idev->if_flags |= IF_READY;
 		} else {
 			if (!netif_carrier_ok(dev)) {
 				/* device is still not ready. */