diff --git a/drivers/net/skge.c b/drivers/net/skge.c
index bfec2e0f52757bdb1097d158b813aaecd7164d66..220e0398f1d519130c63628b3e0461c45227fa7c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/skge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/skge.c
@@ -3858,7 +3858,6 @@ static struct net_device *skge_devinit(struct skge_hw *hw, int port,
 
 	/* device is off until link detection */
 	netif_carrier_off(dev);
-	netif_stop_queue(dev);
 
 	return dev;
 }