diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6117a3a6723b..0c4726cd50d1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8908c6cd1d6889850148aeb50bb14301959adaa7
+refs/heads/master: 7b89178d1d803c854dfd6f4e81633109a1238884
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
index d1fc431cb1c9..d7a0f4e36118 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
@@ -1524,7 +1524,8 @@ ixgb_update_stats(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter)
 
 		multi |= ((u64)IXGB_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, MPRCH) << 32);
 		/* fix up multicast stats by removing broadcasts */
-		multi -= bcast;
+		if(multi >= bcast)
+			multi -= bcast;
 		
 		adapter->stats.mprcl += (multi & 0xFFFFFFFF);
 		adapter->stats.mprch += (multi >> 32);