diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 035a869dfc7c..a8b9a3864bf6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: dfff7144b14bab3d8baaeba8926fab371fa4a01e
+refs/heads/master: 2a5774f7d8b79243542d932a3a476f496d03f0ba
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/via-velocity.c b/trunk/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
index 47b28821589b..10c4fb25fb4b 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ VELOCITY_PARAM(rx_thresh, "Receive fifo threshold");
 
 #define DMA_LENGTH_MIN  0
 #define DMA_LENGTH_MAX  7
-#define DMA_LENGTH_DEF  0
+#define DMA_LENGTH_DEF  6
 
 /* DMA_length[] is used for controlling the DMA length
    0: 8 DWORDs