diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ae907522651d..07d5d9b166b2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 78abcb13dd573f80d76d12007b36200a86f1e494
+refs/heads/master: 57dada6819160eb08f2945fb847045f173d3218d
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ks8851.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ks8851.c
index 237835864357..18b17a1deb11 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ks8851.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ks8851.c
@@ -1239,6 +1239,9 @@ static int __devinit ks8851_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	ndev->netdev_ops = &ks8851_netdev_ops;
 	ndev->irq = spi->irq;
 
+	/* issue a global soft reset to reset the device. */
+	ks8851_soft_reset(ks, GRR_GSR);
+
 	/* simple check for a valid chip being connected to the bus */
 
 	if ((ks8851_rdreg16(ks, KS_CIDER) & ~CIDER_REV_MASK) != CIDER_ID) {