commit 
bcf64aa379fcadd074449cbf0c049da70071b06f upstream.
For carrier detection to work properly when binding the driver with a cable
unplugged, netif_carrier_off() should be called after register_netdev(),
not before.
Signed-off-by: Paul Fertser <fercerpav@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
        dev->irq = sdev->irq;
        SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(dev, &b44_ethtool_ops);
 
-       netif_carrier_off(dev);
-
        err = ssb_bus_powerup(sdev->bus, 0);
        if (err) {
                dev_err(sdev->dev,
                goto err_out_powerdown;
        }
 
+       netif_carrier_off(dev);
+
        ssb_set_drvdata(sdev, dev);
 
        /* Chip reset provides power to the b44 MAC & PCI cores, which