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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c12
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 cbd2cfa1b154..5e1f57c7ee1b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -9162,10 +9162,14 @@ 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 */