diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 72c510694c21..5cc29e03e86c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8b51292764a0ed46d7eb6bead4625ba83ee2ec05
+refs/heads/master: 53abbf7eeab22620586cbba272e569fd3e729b0b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/spider_net.c b/trunk/drivers/net/spider_net.c
index 4e19220473d0..c796f41b4a52 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/spider_net.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/spider_net.c
@@ -1817,6 +1817,10 @@ spider_net_setup_phy(struct spider_net_card *card)
 	/* LEDs active in both modes, autosense prio = fiber */
 	spider_net_write_phy(card->netdev, 1, MII_NCONFIG, 0x945f);
 
+	/* switch off fibre autoneg */
+	spider_net_write_phy(card->netdev, 1, MII_NCONFIG, 0xfc01);
+	spider_net_write_phy(card->netdev, 1, 0x0b, 0x0004);
+
 	phy->def->ops->read_link(phy);
 	pr_info("Found %s with %i Mbps, %s-duplex.\n", phy->def->name,
 		phy->speed, phy->duplex==1 ? "Full" : "Half");