diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f8d43f30877c..48078209c79e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: de7aae6570412a22fd8854d62dc73c8afe508253
+refs/heads/master: 8681a1c4dd258c573e80b4a7af7e7127770b67a8
diff --git a/trunk/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c b/trunk/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
index a5590f4193f1..82c097d6ec93 100644
--- a/trunk/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
+++ b/trunk/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ struct net_device *softif_create(const char *name)
 	atomic_set(&bat_priv->gw_sel_class, 20);
 	atomic_set(&bat_priv->gw_bandwidth, 41);
 	atomic_set(&bat_priv->orig_interval, 1000);
-	atomic_set(&bat_priv->hop_penalty, 10);
+	atomic_set(&bat_priv->hop_penalty, 30);
 	atomic_set(&bat_priv->log_level, 0);
 	atomic_set(&bat_priv->fragmentation, 1);
 	atomic_set(&bat_priv->bcast_queue_left, BCAST_QUEUE_LEN);