#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
+#include <net/dsa.h>
 #include <net/tcp.h>
 #include <net/udp.h>
 #include <net/addrconf.h>
 
 int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
 {
-       struct net_device *ndev = NULL;
+       struct net_device *ndev = NULL, *dev = NULL;
+       struct net *net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
        struct in_device *in_dev;
        int err;
 
        rtnl_lock();
-       if (np->dev_name[0]) {
-               struct net *net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
+       if (np->dev_name[0])
                ndev = __dev_get_by_name(net, np->dev_name);
-       }
+
        if (!ndev) {
                np_err(np, "%s doesn't exist, aborting\n", np->dev_name);
                err = -ENODEV;
        }
        dev_hold(ndev);
 
+       /* bring up DSA management network devices up first */
+       for_each_netdev(net, dev) {
+               if (!netdev_uses_dsa(dev))
+                       continue;
+
+               err = dev_change_flags(dev, dev->flags | IFF_UP, NULL);
+               if (err < 0) {
+                       np_err(np, "%s failed to open %s\n",
+                              np->dev_name, dev->name);
+                       goto put;
+               }
+       }
+
        if (netdev_master_upper_dev_get(ndev)) {
                np_err(np, "%s is a slave device, aborting\n", np->dev_name);
                err = -EBUSY;