diff -ur linux-2.5.29-clean/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c linux-2.5.29/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
--- linux-2.5.29-clean/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c	Fri Jul 26 19:58:36 2002
+++ linux-2.5.29/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c	Mon Jul 29 11:43:18 2002
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@
 {
 	atomic_inc(&adapter->irq_sem);
 	E1000_WRITE_REG(&adapter->hw, IMC, ~0);
-	synchronize_irq();
+	synchronize_irq(adapter->netdev->irq);
 }
 
 /**