diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 34eb254265ec..2961691861af 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 77b483f132ba25edf4ef455dd87a91ab7bbf4170
+refs/heads/master: 731fd79c133dc04cabee17ecfa7661189a8df5c8
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/tg3.c b/trunk/drivers/net/tg3.c
index e3fd74b871a3..13640f1cab3b 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/tg3.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/tg3.c
@@ -5495,7 +5495,7 @@ static void tg3_ape_send_event(struct tg3 *tp, u32 event)
 		return;
 
 	apedata = tg3_ape_read32(tp, TG3_APE_FW_STATUS);
-	if (apedata != APE_FW_STATUS_READY)
+	if (!(apedata & APE_FW_STATUS_READY))
 		return;
 
 	/* Wait for up to 1 millisecond for APE to service previous event. */