diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index fe2bc812600b..52d2aa67ca6a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 100c4673307f5806788791b9b886877c806afd96
+refs/heads/master: f475f163f128a0d9c92dfa90bcb5953fd8f9766f
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/tg3.c b/trunk/drivers/net/tg3.c
index c504ff29d44c..b6a6051db77a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/tg3.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/tg3.c
@@ -6468,6 +6468,9 @@ static void tg3_timer(unsigned long __opaque)
 {
 	struct tg3 *tp = (struct tg3 *) __opaque;
 
+	if (tp->irq_sync)
+		goto restart_timer;
+
 	spin_lock(&tp->lock);
 
 	if (!(tp->tg3_flags & TG3_FLAG_TAGGED_STATUS)) {
@@ -6558,6 +6561,7 @@ static void tg3_timer(unsigned long __opaque)
 
 	spin_unlock(&tp->lock);
 
+restart_timer:
 	tp->timer.expires = jiffies + tp->timer_offset;
 	add_timer(&tp->timer);
 }