diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e1412f8b81ff..a842816bbf4c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ae4f8fca4030a4e783fa4ccb0c9d8d8a8cf60a32
+refs/heads/master: 74ecc62d6e595ca64bbef2471787bf53b94e5d3c
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/bnx2.c b/trunk/drivers/net/bnx2.c
index 861387928e6d..506c5ccd7156 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/bnx2.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/bnx2.c
@@ -1717,7 +1717,6 @@ bnx2_remote_phy_event(struct bnx2 *bp)
 				break;
 		}
 
-		spin_lock(&bp->phy_lock);
 		bp->flow_ctrl = 0;
 		if ((bp->autoneg & (AUTONEG_SPEED | AUTONEG_FLOW_CTRL)) !=
 		    (AUTONEG_SPEED | AUTONEG_FLOW_CTRL)) {
@@ -1739,7 +1738,6 @@ bnx2_remote_phy_event(struct bnx2 *bp)
 		if (old_port != bp->phy_port)
 			bnx2_set_default_link(bp);
 
-		spin_unlock(&bp->phy_lock);
 	}
 	if (bp->link_up != link_up)
 		bnx2_report_link(bp);
@@ -2447,14 +2445,15 @@ bnx2_phy_event_is_set(struct bnx2 *bp, struct bnx2_napi *bnapi, u32 event)
 static void
 bnx2_phy_int(struct bnx2 *bp, struct bnx2_napi *bnapi)
 {
-	if (bnx2_phy_event_is_set(bp, bnapi, STATUS_ATTN_BITS_LINK_STATE)) {
-		spin_lock(&bp->phy_lock);
+	spin_lock(&bp->phy_lock);
+
+	if (bnx2_phy_event_is_set(bp, bnapi, STATUS_ATTN_BITS_LINK_STATE))
 		bnx2_set_link(bp);
-		spin_unlock(&bp->phy_lock);
-	}
 	if (bnx2_phy_event_is_set(bp, bnapi, STATUS_ATTN_BITS_TIMER_ABORT))
 		bnx2_set_remote_link(bp);
 
+	spin_unlock(&bp->phy_lock);
+
 }
 
 static inline u16