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-rw-r--r--net/bridge/br_stp_if.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
index 57be733a99bc..bcb4559e735d 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ static void br_stp_start(struct net_bridge *br)
br_debug(br, "using kernel STP\n");
/* To start timers on any ports left in blocking */
- mod_timer(&br->hello_timer, jiffies + br->hello_time);
+ if (br->dev->flags & IFF_UP)
+ mod_timer(&br->hello_timer, jiffies + br->hello_time);
br_port_state_selection(br);
}