/* Initialize netdev structure, set up ethtool ops */
bnad_netdev_init(bnad, using_dac);
+ /* Set link to down state */
+ netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+
bnad_enable_msix(bnad);
/* Get resource requirement form bna */
mutex_unlock(&bnad->conf_mutex);
- /*
- * Make sure the link appears down to the stack
- */
- netif_carrier_off(netdev);
-
/* Finally, reguister with net_device layer */
err = register_netdev(netdev);
if (err) {