diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index e16f1bba5dffd3295200cc8bfa66440e69f7541b..a7fee6b273205fb483b284c84f028853d9fffeed 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -342,10 +342,6 @@ static struct inet6_dev * ipv6_add_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 #endif
 
-	if (netif_carrier_ok(dev))
-		ndev->if_flags |= IF_READY;
-
-
 	ipv6_mc_init_dev(ndev);
 	ndev->tstamp = jiffies;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL