diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8e112e2c9b70..3aadf8eb599f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6a92f732f557401ca8cc0b16f8e8914c133cf6c6
+refs/heads/master: c550b121854eb1300148da1c2c8df6ed0dabdc66
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
index fb299905b1f1..89af6c026230 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -2770,7 +2770,7 @@ static void e1000_configure_tx(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 	struct e1000_ring *tx_ring = adapter->tx_ring;
 	u64 tdba;
-	u32 tdlen, tctl, tarc;
+	u32 tdlen, tarc;
 
 	/* Setup the HW Tx Head and Tail descriptor pointers */
 	tdba = tx_ring->dma;
@@ -2808,12 +2808,6 @@ static void e1000_configure_tx(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 	/* erratum work around: set txdctl the same for both queues */
 	ew32(TXDCTL(1), er32(TXDCTL(0)));
 
-	/* Program the Transmit Control Register */
-	tctl = er32(TCTL);
-	tctl &= ~E1000_TCTL_CT;
-	tctl |= E1000_TCTL_PSP | E1000_TCTL_RTLC |
-		(E1000_COLLISION_THRESHOLD << E1000_CT_SHIFT);
-
 	if (adapter->flags & FLAG_TARC_SPEED_MODE_BIT) {
 		tarc = er32(TARC(0));
 		/*
@@ -2845,8 +2839,6 @@ static void e1000_configure_tx(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 	/* enable Report Status bit */
 	adapter->txd_cmd |= E1000_TXD_CMD_RS;
 
-	ew32(TCTL, tctl);
-
 	e1000e_config_collision_dist(hw);
 }