diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e97ae5c90f17..8ab8248e0883 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8fee5f51a56aa7a67d955993572a2ae05d31a2c6
+refs/heads/master: 99e1baf869cf20791e66e38facd51d14b28551f8
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/smc91x.c b/trunk/drivers/net/smc91x.c
index 1438fdd20826..c5bc8ae84dd3 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/smc91x.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/smc91x.c
@@ -1983,6 +1983,10 @@ static int __init smc_probe(struct net_device *dev, void __iomem *ioaddr)
 	if (lp->version >= (CHIP_91100 << 4))
 		smc_phy_detect(dev);
 
+	/* then shut everything down to save power */
+	smc_shutdown(dev);
+	smc_phy_powerdown(dev);
+
 	/* Set default parameters */
 	lp->msg_enable = NETIF_MSG_LINK;
 	lp->ctl_rfduplx = 0;