diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 43de4f9d6f5a..bdc2cacb6ce2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d1eff35061b9346cb9bef2b79d9d99c8c096df13
+refs/heads/master: 8a0717f30ce93a686d325122d8b0c6b73b32cfb3
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index afd49e04a56a..04892863ef02 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -1204,6 +1204,7 @@ static void ixgbe_check_lsc(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 	adapter->link_check_timeout = jiffies;
 	if (!test_bit(__IXGBE_DOWN, &adapter->state)) {
 		IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_EIMC, IXGBE_EIMC_LSC);
+		IXGBE_WRITE_FLUSH(hw);
 		schedule_work(&adapter->watchdog_task);
 	}
 }