diff --git a/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c b/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c
index 968f022d141a8884be56bfaa323916c496cdfa94..cd0ff66469b29b84cd83c894b8139fdda98100fb 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ static uint32_t fpga_tx(struct solos_card *);
 static irqreturn_t solos_irq(int irq, void *dev_id);
 static struct atm_vcc* find_vcc(struct atm_dev *dev, short vpi, int vci);
 static int list_vccs(int vci);
-static void release_vccs(struct atm_dev *dev);
 static int atm_init(struct solos_card *, struct device *);
 static void atm_remove(struct solos_card *);
 static int send_command(struct solos_card *card, int dev, const char *buf, size_t size);
@@ -384,7 +383,6 @@ static int process_status(struct solos_card *card, int port, struct sk_buff *skb
 	/* Anything but 'Showtime' is down */
 	if (strcmp(state_str, "Showtime")) {
 		atm_dev_signal_change(card->atmdev[port], ATM_PHY_SIG_LOST);
-		release_vccs(card->atmdev[port]);
 		dev_info(&card->dev->dev, "Port %d: %s\n", port, state_str);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -830,28 +828,6 @@ static int list_vccs(int vci)
 	return num_found;
 }
 
-static void release_vccs(struct atm_dev *dev)
-{
-        int i;
-
-        write_lock_irq(&vcc_sklist_lock);
-        for (i = 0; i < VCC_HTABLE_SIZE; i++) {
-                struct hlist_head *head = &vcc_hash[i];
-                struct hlist_node *node, *tmp;
-                struct sock *s;
-                struct atm_vcc *vcc;
-
-                sk_for_each_safe(s, node, tmp, head) {
-                        vcc = atm_sk(s);
-                        if (vcc->dev == dev) {
-                                vcc_release_async(vcc, -EPIPE);
-                                sk_del_node_init(s);
-                        }
-                }
-        }
-        write_unlock_irq(&vcc_sklist_lock);
-}
-
 
 static int popen(struct atm_vcc *vcc)
 {
@@ -1269,7 +1245,7 @@ static int atm_init(struct solos_card *card, struct device *parent)
 		card->atmdev[i]->ci_range.vci_bits = 16;
 		card->atmdev[i]->dev_data = card;
 		card->atmdev[i]->phy_data = (void *)(unsigned long)i;
-		atm_dev_signal_change(card->atmdev[i], ATM_PHY_SIG_UNKNOWN);
+		atm_dev_signal_change(card->atmdev[i], ATM_PHY_SIG_FOUND);
 
 		skb = alloc_skb(sizeof(*header), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!skb) {
diff --git a/include/linux/atmdev.h b/include/linux/atmdev.h
index 475f8c42c0e928b57fbaf370bb89471642391b77..381f4cec8260289dd835e0a971299af332102d44 100644
--- a/include/linux/atmdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/atmdev.h
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ void atm_dev_signal_change(struct atm_dev *dev, char signal);
 
 void vcc_insert_socket(struct sock *sk);
 
+void atm_dev_release_vccs(struct atm_dev *dev);
 
 /*
  * This is approximately the algorithm used by alloc_skb.
diff --git a/net/atm/common.c b/net/atm/common.c
index 1b9c52a02cd31995c63040377d4e24443bad85a3..22b963d06a10bb19b5eaea32886a8c7ee15b371a 100644
--- a/net/atm/common.c
+++ b/net/atm/common.c
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ void atm_dev_release_vccs(struct atm_dev *dev)
 	}
 	write_unlock_irq(&vcc_sklist_lock);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(atm_dev_release_vccs);
 
 static int adjust_tp(struct atm_trafprm *tp, unsigned char aal)
 {