diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0c95549a9d24..d6bcc565035d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 808999c9a4749dc67c39bf52f712d0c27aa00e67
+refs/heads/master: 917a5b8e648f420105158023ae0317eb0e77a2d5
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/spider_net.c b/trunk/drivers/net/spider_net.c
index f5f73571a7a6..0aed69382b28 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/spider_net.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/spider_net.c
@@ -686,6 +686,7 @@ spider_net_prepare_tx_descr(struct spider_net_card *card,
 
 	descr->prev->next_descr_addr = descr->bus_addr;
 
+	card->netdev->trans_start = jiffies; /* set netdev watchdog timer */
 	return 0;
 }