diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f5f8e1399d73..0277c42d7cc6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9be793bfa38436f9142de219b6eef4d8dfa96606
+refs/heads/master: f68707b805b7794bb7b208e327fbe0473c470d0b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
index 6bfe7d65ef17..eb1492f4df2d 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
@@ -2512,9 +2512,10 @@ static int cxgb_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	dev->real_num_tx_queues = pi->nqsets;
-	link_start(dev);
-	netif_tx_start_all_queues(dev);
-	return 0;
+	err = link_start(dev);
+	if (!err)
+		netif_tx_start_all_queues(dev);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int cxgb_close(struct net_device *dev)