netif_carrier_off() should be called only after register_netdev().

Signed-off-by: Arjun Vynipadath <ar...@chelsio.com>
Signed-off-by: Vishal Kulkarni <vis...@chelsio.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c 
b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
index 3dac7579d5a0..d22df0f6c088 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
@@ -3140,7 +3140,6 @@ static int cxgb4vf_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
                 * it.
                 */
                pi->xact_addr_filt = -1;
-               netif_carrier_off(netdev);
                netdev->irq = pdev->irq;
 
                netdev->hw_features = NETIF_F_SG | TSO_FLAGS | NETIF_F_GRO |
@@ -3246,6 +3245,7 @@ static int cxgb4vf_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
                        continue;
                }
 
+               netif_carrier_off(netdev);
                set_bit(pidx, &adapter->registered_device_map);
        }
        if (adapter->registered_device_map == 0) {
-- 
2.9.5

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