diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index cea1fb0309dd..6574e47b0702 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e000ea13123a28108cff2d6b9856b414dfdcd1fa
+refs/heads/master: 15e79f24b60c4b0bf8019423bda4e03a576b02f2
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 53f41b649f03..a417be7f8be5 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -2303,6 +2303,12 @@ static int __devinit ixgbe_set_interrupt_capability(struct ixgbe_adapter
 	int err = 0;
 	int vector, v_budget;
 
+	/*
+	 * Set the default interrupt throttle rate.
+	 */
+	adapter->rx_eitr = (1000000 / IXGBE_DEFAULT_ITR_RX_USECS);
+	adapter->tx_eitr = (1000000 / IXGBE_DEFAULT_ITR_TX_USECS);
+
 	/*
 	 * It's easy to be greedy for MSI-X vectors, but it really
 	 * doesn't do us much good if we have a lot more vectors