--- a/devices/e1000e/netdev-2.6.33-ethercat.c	Fri Jan 11 15:07:11 2013 +0100
+++ b/devices/e1000e/netdev-2.6.33-ethercat.c	Tue Feb 05 13:56:29 2013 +0100
@@ -3799,8 +3799,7 @@
 
 	e1000e_update_adaptive(&adapter->hw);
 
-	if ((adapter->ecdev && !ecdev_get_link(adapter->ecdev))
-			|| (!adapter->ecdev && !netif_carrier_ok(netdev))) {
+	if (!adapter->ecdev && !netif_carrier_ok(netdev)) {
 		tx_pending = (e1000_desc_unused(tx_ring) + 1 <
 			       tx_ring->count);
 		if (tx_pending) {