--- /dev/null
+--- a/drivers/net/ar231x.c
++++ b/drivers/net/ar231x.c
+@@ -155,6 +155,18 @@
+ #define ERR(fmt, args...) printk("%s: " fmt, __func__, ##args)
+ #endif
+
++#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
++static void
++ar231x_netpoll(struct net_device *dev)
++{
++ unsigned long flags;
++
++ local_irq_save(flags);
++ ar231x_interrupt(dev->irq, dev);
++ local_irq_restore(flags);
++}
++#endif
++
+ static const struct net_device_ops ar231x_ops = {
+ .ndo_open = ar231x_open,
+ .ndo_stop = ar231x_close,
+@@ -165,6 +177,9 @@
+ .ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
+ .ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr,
+ .ndo_tx_timeout = ar231x_tx_timeout,
++#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
++ .ndo_poll_controller = ar231x_netpoll,
++#endif
+ };
+
+ int __init ar231x_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)