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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c index a244d9a67264..bd93d823cc25 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c @@ -9135,10 +9135,14 @@ static void *ixgbe_fwd_add(struct net_device *pdev, struct net_device *vdev) goto fwd_add_err; fwd_adapter->pool = pool; fwd_adapter->real_adapter = adapter; - err = ixgbe_fwd_ring_up(vdev, fwd_adapter); - if (err) - goto fwd_add_err; - netif_tx_start_all_queues(vdev); + + if (netif_running(pdev)) { + err = ixgbe_fwd_ring_up(vdev, fwd_adapter); + if (err) + goto fwd_add_err; + netif_tx_start_all_queues(vdev); + } + return fwd_adapter; fwd_add_err: /* unwind counter and free adapter struct */ |