diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8a7c2e5069..d1bc5fa2cf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+2008-05-14  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	Fix Linus' bug in rh #134886
+
+	* src/nm-device-802-3-ethernet.c
+		- (constructor): request initial carrier state
+
+	* src/nm-netlink-monitor.c
+		- (nm_netlink_monitor_request_status): schedule emission of carrier
+			signals after refilling the link cache.  Because the refill is a 
+			synchronous operation, the normal message hander won't get called
+			since libnl has already consumed the messages.
+		- (deferred_emit_carrier_state): emit carrier states from an idle handler
+
 2008-05-14  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/NetworkManagerSystem.c
diff --git a/src/nm-device-802-3-ethernet.c b/src/nm-device-802-3-ethernet.c
index 6a22ffe36e..4c3371ed29 100644
--- a/src/nm-device-802-3-ethernet.c
+++ b/src/nm-device-802-3-ethernet.c
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ constructor (GType type,
 
 	caps = nm_device_get_capabilities (dev);
 	if (caps & NM_DEVICE_CAP_CARRIER_DETECT) {
+		GError *error = NULL;
+
 		/* Only listen to netlink for cards that support carrier detect */
 		NMNetlinkMonitor * monitor = nm_netlink_monitor_get ();
 
@@ -284,6 +286,11 @@ constructor (GType type,
 											  G_CALLBACK (nm_device_802_3_ethernet_carrier_off),
 											  dev);
 
+		if (!nm_netlink_monitor_request_status (monitor, &error)) {
+			nm_warning ("couldn't request carrier state: %s", error->message);
+			g_error_free (error);
+		}
+
 		g_object_unref (monitor);
 	} else {
 		priv->link_connected_id = 0;
diff --git a/src/nm-netlink-monitor.c b/src/nm-netlink-monitor.c
index 4cfcb7e24a..b141a98069 100644
--- a/src/nm-netlink-monitor.c
+++ b/src/nm-netlink-monitor.c
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ typedef struct {
 	GMainContext *	  context;
 	GIOChannel *	  io_channel;
 	GSource *		  event_source;
+
+	guint request_status_id;
 } NMNetlinkMonitorPrivate;
 
 static gboolean nm_netlink_monitor_event_handler (GIOChannel       *channel,
@@ -115,6 +117,9 @@ finalize (GObject *object)
 {
 	NMNetlinkMonitorPrivate *priv = NM_NETLINK_MONITOR_GET_PRIVATE (object);
 
+	if (priv->request_status_id)
+		g_source_remove (priv->request_status_id);
+
 	if (priv->io_channel)
 		nm_netlink_monitor_close_connection (NM_NETLINK_MONITOR (object));
 
@@ -403,6 +408,19 @@ nm_netlink_monitor_detach (NMNetlinkMonitor *monitor)
 	priv->context = NULL;
 }
 
+static gboolean
+deferred_emit_carrier_state (gpointer user_data)
+{
+	NMNetlinkMonitor *monitor = NM_NETLINK_MONITOR (user_data);
+	NMNetlinkMonitorPrivate *priv = NM_NETLINK_MONITOR_GET_PRIVATE (monitor);
+
+	priv->request_status_id = 0;
+
+	/* Emit each device's new state */
+	nl_cache_foreach_filter (priv->nlh_link_cache, NULL, netlink_object_message_handler, monitor);
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
 gboolean
 nm_netlink_monitor_request_status (NMNetlinkMonitor  *monitor,
                                    GError           **error)
@@ -414,11 +432,16 @@ nm_netlink_monitor_request_status (NMNetlinkMonitor  *monitor,
 	priv = NM_NETLINK_MONITOR_GET_PRIVATE (monitor);
 	g_return_val_if_fail (priv->context != NULL, FALSE);
 
+	/* Update the link cache with latest state */
 	if (nl_cache_refill (priv->nlh, priv->nlh_link_cache)) {
 		nm_warning ("Error updating link cache: %s", nl_geterror ());
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
+	/* Schedule the carrier state emission */
+	if (!priv->request_status_id)
+		priv->request_status_id = g_idle_add (deferred_emit_carrier_state, monitor);
+
 	return TRUE;
 }