diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 74530f96d0bc..8820923b3915 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e5a673742e34eca8ecb13c3e54ceee2c268351a0
+refs/heads/master: 0f77ca928b5d1ea17afc7a95682b6534611a719c
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/qla3xxx.c b/trunk/drivers/net/qla3xxx.c
index 68be714d356f..3e4b67aaa6ea 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/qla3xxx.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/qla3xxx.c
@@ -3142,6 +3142,7 @@ static int ql_adapter_initialize(struct ql3_adapter *qdev)
 						(void __iomem *)port_regs;
 	u32 delay = 10;
 	int status = 0;
+	unsigned long hw_flags = 0;
 
 	if(ql_mii_setup(qdev))
 		return -1;
@@ -3351,7 +3352,9 @@ static int ql_adapter_initialize(struct ql3_adapter *qdev)
 		value = ql_read_page0_reg(qdev, &port_regs->portStatus);
 		if (value & PORT_STATUS_IC)
 			break;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qdev->hw_lock, hw_flags);
 		msleep(500);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&qdev->hw_lock, hw_flags);
 	} while (--delay);
 
 	if (delay == 0) {