Same problem after an upgrade from 16.04 to 16.10 via "do-release- upgrade". However in my case the issue occurred not for a Wired connection, but for a Mobile Broadband connection (device ttyUSB2 of type gsm over interface ppp0). Comment 7 fixed the issue.
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