diff --git a/drivers/net/fec.c b/drivers/net/fec.c
index b4afd7a..937f1b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fec.c
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@
 	int	index;
 	int	link;
 	int	full_duplex;
+	struct	completion mdio_done;
 };
 
 static irqreturn_t fec_enet_interrupt(int irq, void * dev_id);
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@
 #define FEC_MMFR_TA		(2 << 16)
 #define FEC_MMFR_DATA(v)	(v & 0xffff)
 
-#define FEC_MII_TIMEOUT		10000
+#define FEC_MII_TIMEOUT		1000 /* us */
 
 /* Transmitter timeout */
 #define TX_TIMEOUT (2 * HZ)
@@ -334,6 +335,11 @@
 			ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
 			fec_enet_tx(dev);
 		}
+
+		if (int_events & FEC_ENET_MII) {
+			ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
+			complete(&fep->mdio_done);
+		}
 	} while (int_events);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -608,18 +614,13 @@
 		phy_print_status(phy_dev);
 }
 
-/*
- * NOTE: a MII transaction is during around 25 us, so polling it...
- */
 static int fec_enet_mdio_read(struct mii_bus *bus, int mii_id, int regnum)
 {
 	struct fec_enet_private *fep = bus->priv;
-	int timeout = FEC_MII_TIMEOUT;
+	unsigned long time_left;
 
 	fep->mii_timeout = 0;
-
-	/* clear MII end of transfer bit*/
-	writel(FEC_ENET_MII, fep->hwp + FEC_IEVENT);
+	init_completion(&fep->mdio_done);
 
 	/* start a read op */
 	writel(FEC_MMFR_ST | FEC_MMFR_OP_READ |
@@ -627,13 +628,12 @@
 		FEC_MMFR_TA, fep->hwp + FEC_MII_DATA);
 
 	/* wait for end of transfer */
-	while (!(readl(fep->hwp + FEC_IEVENT) & FEC_ENET_MII)) {
-		cpu_relax();
-		if (timeout-- < 0) {
-			fep->mii_timeout = 1;
-			printk(KERN_ERR "FEC: MDIO read timeout\n");
-			return -ETIMEDOUT;
-		}
+	time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&fep->mdio_done,
+			usecs_to_jiffies(FEC_MII_TIMEOUT));
+	if (time_left == 0) {
+		fep->mii_timeout = 1;
+		printk(KERN_ERR "FEC: MDIO read timeout\n");
+		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}
 
 	/* return value */
@@ -644,12 +644,10 @@
 			   u16 value)
 {
 	struct fec_enet_private *fep = bus->priv;
-	int timeout = FEC_MII_TIMEOUT;
+	unsigned long time_left;
 
 	fep->mii_timeout = 0;
-
-	/* clear MII end of transfer bit*/
-	writel(FEC_ENET_MII, fep->hwp + FEC_IEVENT);
+	init_completion(&fep->mdio_done);
 
 	/* start a read op */
 	writel(FEC_MMFR_ST | FEC_MMFR_OP_READ |
@@ -658,13 +656,12 @@
 		fep->hwp + FEC_MII_DATA);
 
 	/* wait for end of transfer */
-	while (!(readl(fep->hwp + FEC_IEVENT) & FEC_ENET_MII)) {
-		cpu_relax();
-		if (timeout-- < 0) {
-			fep->mii_timeout = 1;
-			printk(KERN_ERR "FEC: MDIO write timeout\n");
-			return -ETIMEDOUT;
-		}
+	time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&fep->mdio_done,
+			usecs_to_jiffies(FEC_MII_TIMEOUT));
+	if (time_left == 0) {
+		fep->mii_timeout = 1;
+		printk(KERN_ERR "FEC: MDIO write timeout\n");
+		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1216,7 +1213,8 @@
 	writel(0, fep->hwp + FEC_R_DES_ACTIVE);
 
 	/* Enable interrupts we wish to service */
-	writel(FEC_ENET_TXF | FEC_ENET_RXF, fep->hwp + FEC_IMASK);
+	writel(FEC_ENET_TXF | FEC_ENET_RXF | FEC_ENET_MII,
+			fep->hwp + FEC_IMASK);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1236,9 +1234,6 @@
 	writel(1, fep->hwp + FEC_ECNTRL);
 	udelay(10);
 
-	/* Clear outstanding MII command interrupts. */
-	writel(FEC_ENET_MII, fep->hwp + FEC_IEVENT);
-
 	writel(fep->phy_speed, fep->hwp + FEC_MII_SPEED);
 }