diff --git a/board/tinkerboard/linux-fix-ethernet-operstate.patch b/board/tinkerboard/linux-fix-ethernet-operstate.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b066366422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/tinkerboard/linux-fix-ethernet-operstate.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+index 2844b497464d..a4b0bb432368 100644
+--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
++++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+@@ -3060,6 +3060,8 @@ int stmmac_dvr_probe(struct device *device,
+ 		goto error_netdev_register;
+ 	}
+ 
++	netif_carrier_off(ndev);
++
+ 	wake_lock_init(&priv->plat->wol_wake_lock, WAKE_LOCK_SUSPEND, "wol_wake_lock");
+ 
+ 	return ret;