diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 158aa1b3fa57..c3be036ce2f9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 07f098e6f4a9a488605d6a3a13ce2805023a0384
+refs/heads/master: aa117dd14372e1b0bed651af2db1be670b595032
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_94xx.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_94xx.c
index ce4e970bcedf..016d3d41f23a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_94xx.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_94xx.c
@@ -510,6 +510,14 @@ static int __devinit mvs_94xx_init(struct mvs_info *mvi)
 	tmp |= CINT_PHY_MASK;
 	mw32(MVS_INT_MASK, tmp);
 
+	/* change the connection open-close behavior (bit 9)
+	 * set bit8 to 1 for performance tuning */
+	tmp = mvs_cr32(mvi, CMD_SL_MODE0);
+	tmp |= 0x00000300;
+	/* set bit0 to 0 to enable retry for no_dest reject case */
+	tmp &= 0xFFFFFFFE;
+	mvs_cw32(mvi, CMD_SL_MODE0, tmp);
+
 	/* Enable SRS interrupt */
 	mw32(MVS_INT_MASK_SRS_0, 0xFFFF);