diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 834b9cee9e16..3d5678655580 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c3efab8ed4755e26962704731322bafdf5022f98
+refs/heads/master: d3eab82b554eeb51f038ac327b6c68c6afdee978
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/gianfar.c b/trunk/drivers/net/gianfar.c
index 4320a983a588..b5bb7ae2817f 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/gianfar.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/gianfar.c
@@ -339,6 +339,9 @@ static int gfar_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* Enable most messages by default */
 	priv->msg_enable = (NETIF_MSG_IFUP << 1 ) - 1;
 
+	/* Carrier starts down, phylib will bring it up */
+	netif_carrier_off(dev);
+
 	err = register_netdev(dev);
 
 	if (err) {