diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
index 30a0cb2c0fea..e6513be00c4d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ void netvsc_linkstatus_callback(struct hv_device *device_obj,
 	if (status == 1) {
 		netif_carrier_on(net);
 		netif_wake_queue(net);
-		netif_notify_peers(net);
 		ndev_ctx = netdev_priv(net);
+		schedule_delayed_work(&ndev_ctx->dwork, 0);
 		schedule_delayed_work(&ndev_ctx->dwork, msecs_to_jiffies(20));
 	} else {
 		netif_carrier_off(net);