diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2f4add1258a8..4972ff47bbbe 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fe6d3a4049ec9d859d75ddfcc6865a0f58178924
+refs/heads/master: 52cb1c2b70d9d2a81e842b90456b7a8158541ffd
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/phy/vitesse.c b/trunk/drivers/net/phy/vitesse.c
index 6a5385647911..8874497b6bbf 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/phy/vitesse.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/phy/vitesse.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static int vsc824x_config_intr(struct phy_device *phydev)
 		 */
 		err = phy_read(phydev, MII_VSC8244_ISTAT);
 
-		if (err)
+		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
 
 		err = phy_write(phydev, MII_VSC8244_IMASK, 0);