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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c26
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
index 6c904a6cad2a..ef5aed3b1225 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -2351,23 +2351,29 @@ static int qlge_update_hw_vlan_features(struct net_device *ndev,
{
struct ql_adapter *qdev = netdev_priv(ndev);
int status = 0;
+ bool need_restart = netif_running(ndev);
- status = ql_adapter_down(qdev);
- if (status) {
- netif_err(qdev, link, qdev->ndev,
- "Failed to bring down the adapter\n");
- return status;
+ if (need_restart) {
+ status = ql_adapter_down(qdev);
+ if (status) {
+ netif_err(qdev, link, qdev->ndev,
+ "Failed to bring down the adapter\n");
+ return status;
+ }
}
/* update the features with resent change */
ndev->features = features;
- status = ql_adapter_up(qdev);
- if (status) {
- netif_err(qdev, link, qdev->ndev,
- "Failed to bring up the adapter\n");
- return status;
+ if (need_restart) {
+ status = ql_adapter_up(qdev);
+ if (status) {
+ netif_err(qdev, link, qdev->ndev,
+ "Failed to bring up the adapter\n");
+ return status;
+ }
}
+
return status;
}