diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_hw.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_hw.h
index 17d935bdde0ad5a7043393b2bb9f9559351e36b3..21d8c4dbdbe12b6bd90676b49a08823de35a30f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_hw.h
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ void atl1c_post_phy_linkchg(struct atl1c_hw *hw, u16 link_speed);
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_ATHEROS_L1D_2_0	0x1083 /* AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit 1000 */
 #define L2CB_V10			0xc0
 #define L2CB_V11			0xc1
+#define L2CB_V20			0xc0
+#define L2CB_V21			0xc1
 
 /* register definition */
 #define REG_DEVICE_CAP              	0x5C
@@ -87,6 +89,9 @@ void atl1c_post_phy_linkchg(struct atl1c_hw *hw, u16 link_speed);
 #define LINK_CTRL_L1_EN			0x02
 #define LINK_CTRL_EXT_SYNC		0x80
 
+#define REG_PCIE_IND_ACC_ADDR		0x80
+#define REG_PCIE_IND_ACC_DATA		0x84
+
 #define REG_DEV_SERIALNUM_CTRL		0x200
 #define REG_DEV_MAC_SEL_MASK		0x0 /* 0:EUI; 1:MAC */
 #define REG_DEV_MAC_SEL_SHIFT		0
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
index 36d3783ebfa02add59cd16088efe8e016f02b5e6..1bf5bbfe778e998e9f0ca86897adc6d7001e3ed6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c
@@ -727,6 +727,8 @@ static const struct atl1c_platform_patch plats[] __devinitdata = {
 
 static void __devinit atl1c_patch_assign(struct atl1c_hw *hw)
 {
+	struct pci_dev	*pdev = hw->adapter->pdev;
+	u32 misc_ctrl;
 	int i = 0;
 
 	hw->msi_lnkpatch = false;
@@ -741,6 +743,18 @@ static void __devinit atl1c_patch_assign(struct atl1c_hw *hw)
 		}
 		i++;
 	}
+
+	if (hw->device_id == PCI_DEVICE_ID_ATHEROS_L2C_B2 &&
+	    hw->revision_id == L2CB_V21) {
+		/* config acess mode */
+		pci_write_config_dword(pdev, REG_PCIE_IND_ACC_ADDR,
+				       REG_PCIE_DEV_MISC_CTRL);
+		pci_read_config_dword(pdev, REG_PCIE_IND_ACC_DATA, &misc_ctrl);
+		misc_ctrl &= ~0x100;
+		pci_write_config_dword(pdev, REG_PCIE_IND_ACC_ADDR,
+				       REG_PCIE_DEV_MISC_CTRL);
+		pci_write_config_dword(pdev, REG_PCIE_IND_ACC_DATA, misc_ctrl);
+	}
 }
 /**
  * atl1c_sw_init - Initialize general software structures (struct atl1c_adapter)
@@ -768,7 +782,7 @@ static int __devinit atl1c_sw_init(struct atl1c_adapter *adapter)
 	hw->device_id = pdev->device;
 	hw->subsystem_vendor_id = pdev->subsystem_vendor;
 	hw->subsystem_id = pdev->subsystem_device;
-	AT_READ_REG(hw, PCI_CLASS_REVISION, &revision);
+	pci_read_config_dword(pdev, PCI_CLASS_REVISION, &revision);
 	hw->revision_id = revision & 0xFF;
 	/* before link up, we assume hibernate is true */
 	hw->hibernate = true;