diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 858fb4ab97f4..bb2323a1df1d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9223dea6c75f3cb77ca644d84cb152525e6e329d
+refs/heads/master: 8660d8c3abd988d1601b78046733450cc3554a35
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c b/trunk/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c
index 3812058f7b13..ed648acef7cf 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c
@@ -4624,13 +4624,13 @@ static u8 bnx2x_link_initialize(struct link_params *params,
 
 	/* init ext phy and enable link state int */
 	non_ext_phy = ((ext_phy_type == PORT_HW_CFG_XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE_DIRECT) ||
-		       (params->loopback_mode == LOOPBACK_XGXS_10) ||
-		       (params->loopback_mode == LOOPBACK_EXT_PHY));
+		       (params->loopback_mode == LOOPBACK_XGXS_10));
 
 	if (non_ext_phy ||
 	    (ext_phy_type == PORT_HW_CFG_XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE_BCM8705) ||
 	    (ext_phy_type == PORT_HW_CFG_XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE_BCM8726) ||
-	    (ext_phy_type == PORT_HW_CFG_XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE_BCM8481)) {
+	    (ext_phy_type == PORT_HW_CFG_XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE_BCM8481) ||
+	    (params->loopback_mode == LOOPBACK_EXT_PHY)) {
 		if (params->req_line_speed == SPEED_AUTO_NEG)
 			bnx2x_set_parallel_detection(params, vars->phy_flags);
 		bnx2x_init_internal_phy(params, vars);