diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.c b/net/8021q/vlan.c
index c4209c8..acbf0ff 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -615,6 +615,11 @@ static int vlan_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused, unsigned long event,
 		}
 		break;
 
+#if 0
+		/* Don't propagate management state from base dev to VLANs.  If you do this,
+		 * then if you 'ifconfig eth0 down; ifconfig eth0 up', you also lose all the
+		 * routes for eth0.* VLANs. --Ben
+		 */
 	case NETDEV_DOWN:
 		/* Put all VLANs for this dev in the down state too.  */
 		for (i = 0; i < VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN; i++) {
@@ -644,6 +649,7 @@ static int vlan_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused, unsigned long event,
 			dev_change_flags(vlandev, flgs | IFF_UP);
 		}
 		break;
+#endif
 		
 	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
 		/* Delete all VLANs for this dev. */