diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index 7141a19..d6fce97 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -442,6 +442,8 @@
 	if (!net)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	netif_carrier_off(net);
+
 	net_device_ctx = netdev_priv(net);
 	net_device_ctx->device_ctx = dev;
 	hv_set_drvdata(dev, net);
@@ -473,6 +475,8 @@
 		pr_err("Unable to register netdev.\n");
 		rndis_filter_device_remove(dev);
 		free_netdev(net);
+	} else {
+		schedule_delayed_work(&net_device_ctx->dwork, 0);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c
index 1084e5d..b54fd25 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c
@@ -243,6 +243,22 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void rndis_set_link_state(struct rndis_device *rdev,
+				 struct rndis_request *request)
+{
+	u32 link_status;
+	struct rndis_query_complete *query_complete;
+
+	query_complete = &request->response_msg.msg.query_complete;
+
+	if (query_complete->status == RNDIS_STATUS_SUCCESS &&
+	    query_complete->info_buflen == sizeof(u32)) {
+		memcpy(&link_status, (void *)((unsigned long)query_complete +
+		       query_complete->info_buf_offset), sizeof(u32));
+		rdev->link_state = link_status != 0;
+	}
+}
+
 static void rndis_filter_receive_response(struct rndis_device *dev,
 				       struct rndis_message *resp)
 {
@@ -272,6 +288,10 @@
 		    sizeof(struct rndis_message) + RNDIS_EXT_LEN) {
 			memcpy(&request->response_msg, resp,
 			       resp->msg_len);
+			if (request->request_msg.ndis_msg_type ==
+			    RNDIS_MSG_QUERY && request->request_msg.msg.
+			    query_req.oid == RNDIS_OID_GEN_MEDIA_CONNECT_STATUS)
+				rndis_set_link_state(dev, request);
 		} else {
 			netdev_err(ndev,
 				"rndis response buffer overflow "
@@ -620,7 +640,6 @@
 	ret = rndis_filter_query_device(dev,
 				      RNDIS_OID_GEN_MEDIA_CONNECT_STATUS,
 				      &link_status, &size);
-	dev->link_state = (link_status != 0) ? true : false;
 
 	return ret;
 }