diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4162f9c4167c..07e7954b8e78 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3459feb8fc0e2a6d3fe5c6eb8c05cdab2c04871c
+refs/heads/master: bfebbb88eca12a01fff1fbee2b8e1a4e932b799b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/forcedeth.c b/trunk/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
index 6f7e3fde9e7c..0272afbdff37 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
@@ -3859,7 +3859,8 @@ static void nv_do_stats_poll(unsigned long data)
 	nv_get_hw_stats(dev);
 
 	if (!np->in_shutdown)
-		mod_timer(&np->stats_poll, jiffies + STATS_INTERVAL);
+		mod_timer(&np->stats_poll,
+			round_jiffies(jiffies + STATS_INTERVAL));
 }
 
 static void nv_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
@@ -5063,7 +5064,8 @@ static int nv_open(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	/* start statistics timer */
 	if (np->driver_data & (DEV_HAS_STATISTICS_V1|DEV_HAS_STATISTICS_V2))
-		mod_timer(&np->stats_poll, jiffies + STATS_INTERVAL);
+		mod_timer(&np->stats_poll,
+			round_jiffies(jiffies + STATS_INTERVAL));
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock);