diff --git a/drivers/net/sky2.c b/drivers/net/sky2.c
index ab0ab92583fe427a0568cbb87c5571b918909998..45c4525a46e40704220158d56cf027adb27a026d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sky2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sky2.c
@@ -1561,6 +1561,7 @@ static int sky2_down(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	/* Stop more packets from being queued */
 	netif_stop_queue(dev);
+	netif_carrier_off(dev);
 
 	/* Disable port IRQ */
 	imask = sky2_read32(hw, B0_IMSK);