diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5457c9e251ca..aea52c0eacf6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f27eff1ffd65236b8e421188f76ad1b0b94e06eb
+refs/heads/master: eb235aef724568ae15af831968000cf9a3974b26
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c b/trunk/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
index 7d0ef2969b4e..1e869df656c1 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
@@ -1023,6 +1023,8 @@ static int veth_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	lpmask = veth_transmit_to_many(skb, lpmask, dev);
 
+	dev->trans_start = jiffies;
+
 	if (! lpmask) {
 		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 	} else {