diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index bfcf43b4f490..d382db891993 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 28c9195a570a32de2760310ca278d44a4fd060a4
+refs/heads/master: 906e8d9792b1c4a8b58c1383f4c00fc4c9936fc3
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/e1000e/phy.c b/trunk/drivers/net/e1000e/phy.c
index d8453946bff8..994401fd0664 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/e1000e/phy.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/e1000e/phy.c
@@ -1531,7 +1531,12 @@ s32 e1000e_phy_has_link_generic(struct e1000_hw *hw, u32 iterations,
 		 */
 		ret_val = e1e_rphy(hw, PHY_STATUS, &phy_status);
 		if (ret_val)
-			break;
+			/*
+			 * If the first read fails, another entity may have
+			 * ownership of the resources, wait and try again to
+			 * see if they have relinquished the resources yet.
+			 */
+			udelay(usec_interval);
 		ret_val = e1e_rphy(hw, PHY_STATUS, &phy_status);
 		if (ret_val)
 			break;