diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 85b68d4d7652..609e24ebfcc1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 767081adbd920ce93e3f1cbe797d0631637f92b3
+refs/heads/master: a9ee25a2b87c8077042ce23d3231f67f026719b0
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 39544afdc57f..bd2fd4608ed7 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -956,10 +956,17 @@ static irqreturn_t ixgbevf_msix_mbx(int irq, void *data)
 	struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 	u32 eicr;
+	u32 msg;
 
 	eicr = IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_VTEICS);
 	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VTEICR, eicr);
 
+	hw->mbx.ops.read(hw, &msg, 1);
+
+	if ((msg & IXGBE_MBVFICR_VFREQ_MASK) == IXGBE_PF_CONTROL_MSG)
+		mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer,
+			  round_jiffies(jiffies + 10));
+
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }