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-rw-r--r--net/dsa/slave.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/dsa/slave.c b/net/dsa/slave.c
index 42436ac6993b..a61a7c54af20 100644
--- a/net/dsa/slave.c
+++ b/net/dsa/slave.c
@@ -305,6 +305,12 @@ static int dsa_slave_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *a)
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+ /* If the port is down, the address isn't synced yet to hardware or
+ * to the DSA master, so there is nothing to change.
+ */
+ if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))
+ goto out_change_dev_addr;
+
if (dsa_switch_supports_uc_filtering(ds)) {
err = dsa_port_standalone_host_fdb_add(dp, addr->sa_data, 0);
if (err)
@@ -323,6 +329,7 @@ static int dsa_slave_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *a)
if (dsa_switch_supports_uc_filtering(ds))
dsa_port_standalone_host_fdb_del(dp, dev->dev_addr, 0);
+out_change_dev_addr:
eth_hw_addr_set(dev, addr->sa_data);
return 0;