diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8843f0a54411..73cd4fc40079 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fb492c9160f3d40d09456a79cc669fba74d7d9cc
+refs/heads/master: 1df726ef0a700587a712a3660b2caa8e533c7de9
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/arm/am79c961a.c b/trunk/drivers/net/arm/am79c961a.c
index 52fe21e1e2cd..3b1416e3d217 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/arm/am79c961a.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/arm/am79c961a.c
@@ -308,8 +308,11 @@ static void am79c961_timer(unsigned long data)
 	struct net_device *dev = (struct net_device *)data;
 	struct dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	unsigned int lnkstat, carrier;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->chip_lock, flags);
 	lnkstat = read_ireg(dev->base_addr, ISALED0) & ISALED0_LNKST;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->chip_lock, flags);
 	carrier = netif_carrier_ok(dev);
 
 	if (lnkstat && !carrier) {