diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 7c71790..5e90557 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -780,11 +780,15 @@
 }
 
 /* Schedule rx intr now? */
+static inline int netif_rx_schedule_test(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	return !test_and_set_bit(__LINK_STATE_RX_SCHED, &dev->state);
+}
 
+/* Schedule only if device is up */
 static inline int netif_rx_schedule_prep(struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	return netif_running(dev) &&
-		!test_and_set_bit(__LINK_STATE_RX_SCHED, &dev->state);
+	return netif_running(dev) && netif_rx_schedule_test(dev);
 }
 
 /* Add interface to tail of rx poll list. This assumes that _prep has