diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a140f6b323ac..780dcbaf8a3b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8258bd2713c3e42bc0e5664cbede0e07587c125f
+refs/heads/master: 280fce1e3ef85ff7f90a9d7e8c8a0d71bbf5a9a4
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
index f36c219dffcf..6f8044daec42 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
@@ -1006,7 +1006,8 @@ static int mlx4_en_get_rxnfc(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_rxnfc *cmd,
 	if ((cmd->cmd == ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLCNT ||
 	     cmd->cmd == ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRULE ||
 	     cmd->cmd == ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL) &&
-	    mdev->dev->caps.steering_mode != MLX4_STEERING_MODE_DEVICE_MANAGED)
+	    (mdev->dev->caps.steering_mode !=
+	     MLX4_STEERING_MODE_DEVICE_MANAGED || !priv->port_up))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	switch (cmd->cmd) {
@@ -1042,7 +1043,8 @@ static int mlx4_en_set_rxnfc(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_rxnfc *cmd)
 	struct mlx4_en_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev = priv->mdev;
 
-	if (mdev->dev->caps.steering_mode != MLX4_STEERING_MODE_DEVICE_MANAGED)
+	if (mdev->dev->caps.steering_mode !=
+	    MLX4_STEERING_MODE_DEVICE_MANAGED || !priv->port_up)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	switch (cmd->cmd) {