diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 87f4a4390b7f..42f380bd8842 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6044735d8ddd96bf23cf975bae8729c65479aa14
+refs/heads/master: 161197853de91eb1eebdde05f13223c377cf3be0
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c
index fbd0f88fc81b..e4d54e14fd53 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -5154,6 +5154,10 @@ static void bnx2x_nic_init(struct bnx2x *bp, u32 load_code)
 		bnx2x_update_fpsb_idx(fp);
 	}
 
+	/* ensure status block indices were read */
+	rmb();
+
+
 	bnx2x_init_def_sb(bp, bp->def_status_blk, bp->def_status_blk_mapping,
 			  DEF_SB_ID);
 	bnx2x_update_dsb_idx(bp);