--- net/core/dev.c.orig	Thu Dec  6 12:53:21 2001
+++ net/core/dev.c	Thu Dec  6 12:54:22 2001
@@ -2082,7 +2082,7 @@ static int dev_ifsioc(struct ifreq *ifr,
 	switch(cmd) 
 	{
 		case SIOCGIFFLAGS:	/* Get interface flags */
-			ifr->ifr_flags = (dev->flags&~(IFF_PROMISC|IFF_ALLMULTI|IFF_RUNNING))
+			ifr->ifr_flags = (dev->flags&~(IFF_ALLMULTI|IFF_RUNNING))
 				|(dev->gflags&(IFF_PROMISC|IFF_ALLMULTI));
 			if (netif_running(dev) && netif_carrier_ok(dev))
 				ifr->ifr_flags |= IFF_RUNNING;