diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7093281dd330..ad8ae4f77ab7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bdc1681cdf1ab6a65fa935a2b3f8fc63b20c54ea
+refs/heads/master: da74e89d40995600b3b07ac500084920247687ce
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/trunk/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 19fd4cb0ddf8..e575df83e5c2 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -294,6 +294,15 @@ static int start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
+static void virtnet_netpoll(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	napi_schedule(&vi->napi);
+}
+#endif
+
 static int virtnet_open(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -336,6 +345,9 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	dev->stop = virtnet_close;
 	dev->hard_start_xmit = start_xmit;
 	dev->features = NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
+	dev->poll_controller = virtnet_netpoll;
+#endif
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &vdev->dev);
 
 	/* Do we support "hardware" checksums? */