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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
index e701f42d152..de4ce0e022a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
@@ -466,7 +466,8 @@ static int i40e_set_settings(struct net_device *netdev,
if (hw->phy.media_type != I40E_MEDIA_TYPE_BASET &&
hw->phy.media_type != I40E_MEDIA_TYPE_FIBER &&
- hw->phy.media_type != I40E_MEDIA_TYPE_BACKPLANE)
+ hw->phy.media_type != I40E_MEDIA_TYPE_BACKPLANE &&
+ hw->phy.link_info.link_info & I40E_AQ_LINK_UP)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
/* get our own copy of the bits to check against */