cmd->supported = 0;
        cmd->transceiver = XCVR_EXTERNAL;
+
+       if (!nic->link_up) {
+               cmd->duplex = DUPLEX_UNKNOWN;
+               ethtool_cmd_speed_set(cmd, SPEED_UNKNOWN);
+               return 0;
+       }
+
        if (nic->speed <= 1000) {
                cmd->port = PORT_MII;
                cmd->autoneg = AUTONEG_ENABLE;
        return 0;
 }
 
+static u32 nicvf_get_link(struct net_device *netdev)
+{
+       struct nicvf *nic = netdev_priv(netdev);
+
+       return nic->link_up;
+}
+
 static void nicvf_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
                              struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
 {
 
 static const struct ethtool_ops nicvf_ethtool_ops = {
        .get_settings           = nicvf_get_settings,
-       .get_link               = ethtool_op_get_link,
+       .get_link               = nicvf_get_link,
        .get_drvinfo            = nicvf_get_drvinfo,
        .get_msglevel           = nicvf_get_msglevel,
        .set_msglevel           = nicvf_set_msglevel,
 
 
        netif_carrier_off(netdev);
        netif_tx_stop_all_queues(nic->netdev);
+       nic->link_up = false;
 
        /* Teardown secondary qsets first */
        if (!nic->sqs_mode) {
        nic->drv_stats.txq_stop = 0;
        nic->drv_stats.txq_wake = 0;
 
-       netif_carrier_on(netdev);
-       netif_tx_start_all_queues(netdev);
-
        return 0;
 cleanup:
        nicvf_disable_intr(nic, NICVF_INTR_MBOX, 0);