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);
                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;
 
        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)
 {
                    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 "
        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;
 }