diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
index 10dc07e1678bcfceb638650869542a57399895ed..6a55f71055051957685b11e8950ba1e4197dce20 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
@@ -224,6 +224,11 @@ static int internal_dev_recv(struct vport *vport, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct net_device *netdev = netdev_vport_priv(vport)->dev;
 	int len;
 
+	if (unlikely(!(netdev->flags & IFF_UP))) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	len = skb->len;
 
 	skb_dst_drop(skb);