This reverts commit 
22604c866889c4b2e12b73cbf1683bda1b72a313.
We can't fix this issue in this way, because we now can try
to take the dev_base_lock rwlock as a writer in software interrupt
context and that is not allowed without major surgery elsewhere.
This initial link state problem needs to be solved in some other
way.
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
                 */
                clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_LINKWATCH_PENDING, &dev->state);
 
+               rfc2863_policy(dev);
                if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
                        if (netif_carrier_ok(dev))
                                dev_activate(dev);
 {
        bool urgent = linkwatch_urgent_event(dev);
 
-       rfc2863_policy(dev);
-
-       /* Some drivers call netif_carrier_off early */
-       if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED)
-               return;
-
        if (!test_and_set_bit(__LINK_STATE_LINKWATCH_PENDING, &dev->state)) {
                dev_hold(dev);
 
 
 void netif_carrier_on(struct net_device *dev)
 {
        if (test_and_clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER, &dev->state)) {
+               if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED)
+                       return;
                linkwatch_fire_event(dev);
                if (netif_running(dev))
                        __netdev_watchdog_up(dev);
 void netif_carrier_off(struct net_device *dev)
 {
        if (!test_and_set_bit(__LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER, &dev->state)) {
+               if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED)
+                       return;
                linkwatch_fire_event(dev);
        }
 }