From c4c903822dc78aafed5d424fa8baaad8761bf61d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jow <jow@3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 00:59:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [backfire] merge r21595

git-svn-id: svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/branches/backfire@21596 3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73
---
 package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh b/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh
index 32170bb27..37dc2085f 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ prepare_interface() {
 					# result in another setup_interface() call, so we simply stop processing
 					# the current event at this point.
 				}
+
+				[ -n "$macaddr" ] && ifconfig "$iface" down 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
 				ifconfig "$iface" ${macaddr:+hw ether "${macaddr}"} up 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
 				return 1
 			}