diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 13c4e78748ae..54b1d137ea17 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f4c8aa1107969c26b1984eb2996a58f816dea71f
+refs/heads/master: 0c269e6d3c615403a6e0acbe6e88f1c0da9c2396
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/message/fusion/mptsas.c b/trunk/drivers/message/fusion/mptsas.c
index f66f2203143a..dfdd1e445768 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/message/fusion/mptsas.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/message/fusion/mptsas.c
@@ -1642,14 +1642,18 @@ static int mptsas_probe_one_phy(struct device *dev,
 
 			for (i = 0; i < port_info->num_phys; i++)
 				if (port_info->phy_info[i].identify.sas_address ==
-				    identify.sas_address)
+				    identify.sas_address) {
+					sas_port_mark_backlink(port);
 					goto out;
+				}
 
 		} else if (scsi_is_sas_rphy(parent)) {
 			struct sas_rphy *parent_rphy = dev_to_rphy(parent);
 			if (identify.sas_address ==
-			    parent_rphy->identify.sas_address)
+			    parent_rphy->identify.sas_address) {
+				sas_port_mark_backlink(port);
 				goto out;
+			}
 		}
 
 		switch (identify.device_type) {