diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6536bc89133f..05f08769fca7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1e72bfc39d772ccb49f95d5b296a35c348796022
+refs/heads/master: 6fe59675500760dd21ef8a339fa129f7adb596c8
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 580dfd88418d..3fbf0d20bda9 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -2240,9 +2240,10 @@ static void ixgbevf_watchdog_task(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	if (link_up) {
 		if (!netif_carrier_ok(netdev)) {
-			hw_dbg(&adapter->hw, "NIC Link is Up, %u Gbps\n",
-			       (link_speed == IXGBE_LINK_SPEED_10GB_FULL) ?
-			       10 : 1);
+			dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev,
+				"NIC Link is Up, %u Gbps\n",
+				(link_speed == IXGBE_LINK_SPEED_10GB_FULL) ?
+				10 : 1);
 			netif_carrier_on(netdev);
 			netif_tx_wake_all_queues(netdev);
 		}
@@ -2250,7 +2251,7 @@ static void ixgbevf_watchdog_task(struct work_struct *work)
 		adapter->link_up = false;
 		adapter->link_speed = 0;
 		if (netif_carrier_ok(netdev)) {
-			hw_dbg(&adapter->hw, "NIC Link is Down\n");
+			dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev, "NIC Link is Down\n");
 			netif_carrier_off(netdev);
 			netif_tx_stop_all_queues(netdev);
 		}