1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/dm9000.c b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
index e52078badaaa..8e8078283465 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dm9000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ dm9000_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
         dm9000_reset(db);
 
         /* try two times, DM9000 sometimes gets the first read wrong */
-        for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+        for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
                 id_val  = ior(db, DM9000_VIDL);
                 id_val |= (u32)ior(db, DM9000_VIDH) << 8;
                 id_val |= (u32)ior(db, DM9000_PIDL) << 16;