diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 53d84850b404..3a06cd080532 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0a1f222d24817bd57545dfb9573b5424db27d1d5
+refs/heads/master: 8f5f69824fe221a36df781c2aee9fa1d74e89077
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
index b34975dca5df..0d8d5c0ab336 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
@@ -5532,7 +5532,7 @@ static int __devinit nv_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev, const struct pci_device_i
 	init_timer(&np->nic_poll);
 	np->nic_poll.data = (unsigned long) dev;
 	np->nic_poll.function = nv_do_nic_poll;	/* timer handler */
-	init_timer(&np->stats_poll);
+	init_timer_deferrable(&np->stats_poll);
 	np->stats_poll.data = (unsigned long) dev;
 	np->stats_poll.function = nv_do_stats_poll;	/* timer handler */