diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7942b289d4cb..f1b29dc08839 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4c696ca9fbabc5f94a3c6db7f009e73f0ef21831
+refs/heads/master: d0310dc415a670ae2b2e27076b4685d988830479
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_phy.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_phy.c
index eb534a071fde..d7b5bd047604 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_phy.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_phy.c
@@ -1307,9 +1307,9 @@ s32 ixgbe_read_i2c_byte_generic(struct ixgbe_hw *hw, u8 byte_offset,
 		break;
 
 fail:
+		ixgbe_i2c_bus_clear(hw);
 		hw->mac.ops.release_swfw_sync(hw, swfw_mask);
 		msleep(100);
-		ixgbe_i2c_bus_clear(hw);
 		retry++;
 		if (retry < max_retry)
 			hw_dbg(hw, "I2C byte read error - Retrying.\n");