diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e02c105c6d8e..a1800bcf567a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 82553bb6218d2707d2e6446d7b2313dfd60b48a8
+refs/heads/master: 03c698c93fc15d976738a853a7ccb6ea26396003
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/fec.c b/trunk/drivers/net/fec.c
index 768b840aeb6b..e83f67d22fe3 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/fec.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/fec.c
@@ -1311,6 +1311,9 @@ fec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto failed_mii_init;
 
+	/* Carrier starts down, phylib will bring it up */
+	netif_carrier_off(ndev);
+
 	ret = register_netdev(ndev);
 	if (ret)
 		goto failed_register;