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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c16
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c b/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c
index 287a61918739..faae01dc1c4b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c
@@ -1766,16 +1766,20 @@ static int ehea_set_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *sa)
mutex_lock(&ehea_bcmc_regs.lock);
/* Deregister old MAC in pHYP */
- ret = ehea_broadcast_reg_helper(port, H_DEREG_BCMC);
- if (ret)
- goto out_upregs;
+ if (port->state == EHEA_PORT_UP) {
+ ret = ehea_broadcast_reg_helper(port, H_DEREG_BCMC);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out_upregs;
+ }
port->mac_addr = cb0->port_mac_addr << 16;
/* Register new MAC in pHYP */
- ret = ehea_broadcast_reg_helper(port, H_REG_BCMC);
- if (ret)
- goto out_upregs;
+ if (port->state == EHEA_PORT_UP) {
+ ret = ehea_broadcast_reg_helper(port, H_REG_BCMC);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out_upregs;
+ }
ret = 0;