diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 73db22b34aab..abd24f91e640 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5b1436c1f94e591e240845edee835658ce98985e
+refs/heads/master: 6ea0722fb8cdeacc774733c259d33bf45529e91b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.c
index 65ee506f9eb7..7ef408fd322a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.c
@@ -865,6 +865,8 @@ static void fec_enet_adjust_link(struct net_device *ndev)
 	if (phy_dev->link) {
 		if (fep->full_duplex != phy_dev->duplex) {
 			fec_restart(ndev, phy_dev->duplex);
+			/* prevent unnecessary second fec_restart() below */
+			fep->link = phy_dev->link;
 			status_change = 1;
 		}
 	}