diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c218c0553908..da7886d98c19 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f7f22874267bddcf2f2017d5045fdce390aee8c8
+refs/heads/master: 5e404cd65860d6da7c08362e9e4d0b5dc40a9985
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/trunk/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index bf6c5cf31aed..efa1138fa523 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static int __init ic_open_devs(void)
 	struct ic_device *d, **last;
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	unsigned short oflags;
-	unsigned long start;
+	unsigned long start, next_msg;
 
 	last = &ic_first_dev;
 	rtnl_lock();
@@ -263,12 +263,23 @@ static int __init ic_open_devs(void)
 
 	/* wait for a carrier on at least one device */
 	start = jiffies;
+	next_msg = start + msecs_to_jiffies(CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT/12);
 	while (jiffies - start < msecs_to_jiffies(CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT)) {
+		int wait, elapsed;
+
 		for_each_netdev(&init_net, dev)
 			if (ic_is_init_dev(dev) && netif_carrier_ok(dev))
 				goto have_carrier;
 
 		msleep(1);
+
+		if time_before(jiffies, next_msg)
+			continue;
+
+		elapsed = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - start);
+		wait = (CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT - elapsed + 500)/1000;
+		pr_info("Waiting up to %d more seconds for network.\n", wait);
+		next_msg = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT/12);
 	}
 have_carrier:
 	rtnl_unlock();