diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index cf0d8977e453..3b97d2db7dc8 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2cd6dbaaf43ca9ec5607239c23c4e9793b702e1b
+refs/heads/master: efd7d2619f2e5da222ad34fef3e8f47730cd8f2c
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_mpi.c b/trunk/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
index 8810f5be7862..99e58e3f8e22 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
@@ -965,6 +965,8 @@ void ql_mpi_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	int err = 0;
 
 	rtnl_lock();
+	/* Begin polled mode for MPI */
+	ql_write32(qdev, INTR_MASK, (INTR_MASK_PI << 16));
 
 	while (ql_read32(qdev, STS) & STS_PI) {
 		memset(mbcp, 0, sizeof(struct mbox_params));
@@ -977,6 +979,8 @@ void ql_mpi_work(struct work_struct *work)
 			break;
 	}
 
+	/* End polled mode for MPI */
+	ql_write32(qdev, INTR_MASK, (INTR_MASK_PI << 16) | INTR_MASK_PI);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	ql_enable_completion_interrupt(qdev, 0);
 }