diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 23b336a9004c..eddb5e929fe1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d4572c3dbb00fa47b9e8cd496f12a8ec9e9b66c3
+refs/heads/master: 8ce13de2ad0df5239340e885e5513d9ad98439e0
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c b/trunk/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
index a6a57011ba6c..49005e151058 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
@@ -1913,6 +1913,9 @@ mpt_attach(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 		ioc->msi_enable = 0;
 		break;
 	}
+
+	ioc->fw_events_off = 1;
+
 	if (ioc->errata_flag_1064)
 		pci_disable_io_access(pdev);