l->state = LINK_RESET;
                        break;
                case LINK_ESTABLISH_EVT:
+               case LINK_SYNCH_END_EVT:
                        break;
                case LINK_SYNCH_BEGIN_EVT:
                        l->state = LINK_SYNCHING;
                        break;
-               case LINK_SYNCH_END_EVT:
                case LINK_FAILOVER_BEGIN_EVT:
                case LINK_FAILOVER_END_EVT:
                default:
 
 
        /* There is still a working link => initiate failover */
        tnl = node_active_link(n, 0);
+       tipc_link_fsm_evt(tnl, LINK_SYNCH_END_EVT);
+       tipc_node_fsm_evt(n, NODE_SYNCH_END_EVT);
        n->sync_point = tnl->rcv_nxt + (U16_MAX / 2 - 1);
        tipc_link_tnl_prepare(l, tnl, FAILOVER_MSG, xmitq);
        tipc_link_reset(l);
                return true;
        }
 
+       /* No synching needed if only one link */
+       if (!pl || !tipc_link_is_up(pl))
+               return true;
+
        /* Initiate or update synch mode if applicable */
        if ((usr == TUNNEL_PROTOCOL) && (mtyp == SYNCH_MSG)) {
                syncpt = iseqno + exp_pkts - 1;
 
        /* Open tunnel link when parallel link reaches synch point */
        if ((n->state == NODE_SYNCHING) && tipc_link_is_synching(l)) {
-               if (pl)
-                       dlv_nxt = mod(pl->rcv_nxt - skb_queue_len(pl->inputq));
-               if (!pl || more(dlv_nxt, n->sync_point)) {
+               dlv_nxt = pl->rcv_nxt - mod(skb_queue_len(pl->inputq));
+               if (more(dlv_nxt, n->sync_point)) {
                        tipc_link_fsm_evt(l, LINK_SYNCH_END_EVT);
                        tipc_node_fsm_evt(n, NODE_SYNCH_END_EVT);
                        return true;