diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index dbf0094e287b..982bea7fc807 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3ccfc1b1d2fa78f8ece83646027982916fcc794b
+refs/heads/master: fb03a43f5fb42000dcc62d91138c1c24fca609b0
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index e285d7645651..158a7c90db7c 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -8911,6 +8911,10 @@ static int tg3_chip_reset(struct tg3 *tp)
 		tg3_halt_cpu(tp, RX_CPU_BASE);
 	}
 
+	err = tg3_poll_fw(tp);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	tw32(GRC_MODE, tp->grc_mode);
 
 	if (tg3_chip_rev_id(tp) == CHIPREV_ID_5705_A0) {
@@ -8941,10 +8945,6 @@ static int tg3_chip_reset(struct tg3 *tp)
 
 	tg3_ape_unlock(tp, TG3_APE_LOCK_GRC);
 
-	err = tg3_poll_fw(tp);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
 	tg3_mdio_start(tp);
 
 	if (tg3_flag(tp, PCI_EXPRESS) &&