diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc.h
index 599212c89dfd..0be6f81cd228 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ extern char igc_driver_version[];
 #define IGC_FLAG_HAS_MSI		BIT(0)
 #define IGC_FLAG_QUEUE_PAIRS		BIT(4)
 #define IGC_FLAG_NEED_LINK_UPDATE	BIT(9)
+#define IGC_FLAG_MEDIA_RESET		BIT(10)
+#define IGC_FLAG_MAS_ENABLE		BIT(12)
 #define IGC_FLAG_HAS_MSIX		BIT(13)
 #define IGC_FLAG_VLAN_PROMISC		BIT(15)
 
@@ -296,6 +298,7 @@ struct igc_adapter {
 
 	/* TX */
 	u16 tx_work_limit;
+	u32 tx_timeout_count;
 	int num_tx_queues;
 	struct igc_ring *tx_ring[IGC_MAX_TX_QUEUES];
 
@@ -354,6 +357,7 @@ struct igc_adapter {
 
 	struct igc_mac_addr *mac_table;
 
+	unsigned long link_check_timeout;
 	struct igc_info ei;
 };
 
@@ -423,6 +427,14 @@ static inline unsigned int igc_rx_pg_order(struct igc_ring *ring)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline s32 igc_read_phy_reg(struct igc_hw *hw, u32 offset, u16 *data)
+{
+	if (hw->phy.ops.read_reg)
+		return hw->phy.ops.read_reg(hw, offset, data);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #define igc_rx_pg_size(_ring) (PAGE_SIZE << igc_rx_pg_order(_ring))
 
 #define IGC_TXD_DCMD	(IGC_ADVTXD_DCMD_EOP | IGC_ADVTXD_DCMD_RS)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_defines.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_defines.h
index 95d7891a252c..555eb1d6cffd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_defines.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_defines.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
 #define IGC_CTRL_RFCE		0x08000000  /* Receive Flow Control enable */
 #define IGC_CTRL_TFCE		0x10000000  /* Transmit flow control enable */
 
+#define IGC_CONNSW_AUTOSENSE_EN	0x1
+
 /* PBA constants */
 #define IGC_PBA_34K		0x0022
 
@@ -97,6 +99,10 @@
 #define CR_1000T_HD_CAPS	0x0100 /* Advertise 1000T HD capability */
 #define CR_1000T_FD_CAPS	0x0200 /* Advertise 1000T FD capability  */
 
+/* 1000BASE-T Status Register */
+#define SR_1000T_REMOTE_RX_STATUS	0x1000 /* Remote receiver OK */
+#define SR_1000T_LOCAL_RX_STATUS	0x2000 /* Local receiver OK */
+
 /* PHY GPY 211 registers */
 #define STANDARD_AN_REG_MASK	0x0007 /* MMD */
 #define ANEG_MULTIGBT_AN_CTRL	0x0020 /* MULTI GBT AN Control Register */
@@ -213,6 +219,11 @@
 #define IGC_QVECTOR_MASK	0x7FFC		/* Q-vector mask */
 #define IGC_ITR_VAL_MASK	0x04		/* ITR value mask */
 
+/* Interrupt Cause Set */
+#define IGC_ICS_LSC		IGC_ICR_LSC       /* Link Status Change */
+#define IGC_ICS_RXDMT0		IGC_ICR_RXDMT0    /* rx desc min. threshold */
+#define IGC_ICS_DRSTA		IGC_ICR_DRSTA     /* Device Reset Aserted */
+
 #define IGC_ICR_DOUTSYNC	0x10000000 /* NIC DMA out of sync */
 #define IGC_EITR_CNT_IGNR	0x80000000 /* Don't reset counters on write */
 #define IGC_IVAR_VALID		0x80
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_hw.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_hw.h
index e8bc4680fc4e..908e2da3a3b7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_hw.h
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ struct igc_dev_spec_base {
 	bool clear_semaphore_once;
 	bool module_plugged;
 	u8 media_port;
+	bool mas_capable;
 };
 
 struct igc_hw {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
index 528d2bdb113b..9eb491c3c521 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
@@ -1765,6 +1765,7 @@ static void igc_up(struct igc_adapter *adapter)
 
 	/* start the watchdog. */
 	hw->mac.get_link_status = 1;
+	schedule_work(&adapter->watchdog_task);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2303,6 +2304,55 @@ static void igc_free_q_vector(struct igc_adapter *adapter, int v_idx)
 		kfree_rcu(q_vector, rcu);
 }
 
+/* Need to wait a few seconds after link up to get diagnostic information from
+ * the phy
+ */
+static void igc_update_phy_info(struct timer_list *t)
+{
+	struct igc_adapter *adapter = from_timer(adapter, t, phy_info_timer);
+
+	igc_get_phy_info(&adapter->hw);
+}
+
+/**
+ *  igc_has_link - check shared code for link and determine up/down
+ *  @adapter: pointer to driver private info
+ **/
+static bool igc_has_link(struct igc_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	struct igc_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+	bool link_active = false;
+
+	/* get_link_status is set on LSC (link status) interrupt or
+	 * rx sequence error interrupt.  get_link_status will stay
+	 * false until the igc_check_for_link establishes link
+	 * for copper adapters ONLY
+	 */
+	switch (hw->phy.media_type) {
+	case igc_media_type_copper:
+		if (!hw->mac.get_link_status)
+			return true;
+		hw->mac.ops.check_for_link(hw);
+		link_active = !hw->mac.get_link_status;
+		break;
+	default:
+	case igc_media_type_unknown:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (hw->mac.type == igc_i225 &&
+	    hw->phy.id == I225_I_PHY_ID) {
+		if (!netif_carrier_ok(adapter->netdev)) {
+			adapter->flags &= ~IGC_FLAG_NEED_LINK_UPDATE;
+		} else if (!(adapter->flags & IGC_FLAG_NEED_LINK_UPDATE)) {
+			adapter->flags |= IGC_FLAG_NEED_LINK_UPDATE;
+			adapter->link_check_timeout = jiffies;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return link_active;
+}
+
 /**
  *  igc_watchdog - Timer Call-back
  *  @data: pointer to adapter cast into an unsigned long
@@ -2310,6 +2360,183 @@ static void igc_free_q_vector(struct igc_adapter *adapter, int v_idx)
 static void igc_watchdog(struct timer_list *t)
 {
 	struct igc_adapter *adapter = from_timer(adapter, t, watchdog_timer);
+	/* Do the rest outside of interrupt context */
+	schedule_work(&adapter->watchdog_task);
+}
+
+static void igc_watchdog_task(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct igc_adapter *adapter = container_of(work,
+						   struct igc_adapter,
+						   watchdog_task);
+	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
+	struct igc_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+	struct igc_phy_info *phy = &hw->phy;
+	u16 phy_data, retry_count = 20;
+	u32 connsw;
+	u32 link;
+	int i;
+
+	link = igc_has_link(adapter);
+
+	if (adapter->flags & IGC_FLAG_NEED_LINK_UPDATE) {
+		if (time_after(jiffies, (adapter->link_check_timeout + HZ)))
+			adapter->flags &= ~IGC_FLAG_NEED_LINK_UPDATE;
+		else
+			link = false;
+	}
+
+	/* Force link down if we have fiber to swap to */
+	if (adapter->flags & IGC_FLAG_MAS_ENABLE) {
+		if (hw->phy.media_type == igc_media_type_copper) {
+			connsw = rd32(IGC_CONNSW);
+			if (!(connsw & IGC_CONNSW_AUTOSENSE_EN))
+				link = 0;
+		}
+	}
+	if (link) {
+		if (!netif_carrier_ok(netdev)) {
+			u32 ctrl;
+
+			hw->mac.ops.get_speed_and_duplex(hw,
+							 &adapter->link_speed,
+							 &adapter->link_duplex);
+
+			ctrl = rd32(IGC_CTRL);
+			/* Link status message must follow this format */
+			netdev_info(netdev,
+				    "igc: %s NIC Link is Up %d Mbps %s Duplex, Flow Control: %s\n",
+				    netdev->name,
+				    adapter->link_speed,
+				    adapter->link_duplex == FULL_DUPLEX ?
+				    "Full" : "Half",
+				    (ctrl & IGC_CTRL_TFCE) &&
+				    (ctrl & IGC_CTRL_RFCE) ? "RX/TX" :
+				    (ctrl & IGC_CTRL_RFCE) ?  "RX" :
+				    (ctrl & IGC_CTRL_TFCE) ?  "TX" : "None");
+
+			/* check if SmartSpeed worked */
+			igc_check_downshift(hw);
+			if (phy->speed_downgraded)
+				netdev_warn(netdev, "Link Speed was downgraded by SmartSpeed\n");
+
+			/* adjust timeout factor according to speed/duplex */
+			adapter->tx_timeout_factor = 1;
+			switch (adapter->link_speed) {
+			case SPEED_10:
+				adapter->tx_timeout_factor = 14;
+				break;
+			case SPEED_100:
+				/* maybe add some timeout factor ? */
+				break;
+			}
+
+			if (adapter->link_speed != SPEED_1000)
+				goto no_wait;
+
+			/* wait for Remote receiver status OK */
+retry_read_status:
+			if (!igc_read_phy_reg(hw, PHY_1000T_STATUS,
+					      &phy_data)) {
+				if (!(phy_data & SR_1000T_REMOTE_RX_STATUS) &&
+				    retry_count) {
+					msleep(100);
+					retry_count--;
+					goto retry_read_status;
+				} else if (!retry_count) {
+					dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev, "exceed max 2 second\n");
+				}
+			} else {
+				dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev, "read 1000Base-T Status Reg\n");
+			}
+no_wait:
+			netif_carrier_on(netdev);
+
+			/* link state has changed, schedule phy info update */
+			if (!test_bit(__IGC_DOWN, &adapter->state))
+				mod_timer(&adapter->phy_info_timer,
+					  round_jiffies(jiffies + 2 * HZ));
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (netif_carrier_ok(netdev)) {
+			adapter->link_speed = 0;
+			adapter->link_duplex = 0;
+
+			/* Links status message must follow this format */
+			netdev_info(netdev, "igc: %s NIC Link is Down\n",
+				    netdev->name);
+			netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+
+			/* link state has changed, schedule phy info update */
+			if (!test_bit(__IGC_DOWN, &adapter->state))
+				mod_timer(&adapter->phy_info_timer,
+					  round_jiffies(jiffies + 2 * HZ));
+
+			/* link is down, time to check for alternate media */
+			if (adapter->flags & IGC_FLAG_MAS_ENABLE) {
+				if (adapter->flags & IGC_FLAG_MEDIA_RESET) {
+					schedule_work(&adapter->reset_task);
+					/* return immediately */
+					return;
+				}
+			}
+
+		/* also check for alternate media here */
+		} else if (!netif_carrier_ok(netdev) &&
+			   (adapter->flags & IGC_FLAG_MAS_ENABLE)) {
+			if (adapter->flags & IGC_FLAG_MEDIA_RESET) {
+				schedule_work(&adapter->reset_task);
+				/* return immediately */
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	spin_lock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
+	igc_update_stats(adapter);
+	spin_unlock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_tx_queues; i++) {
+		struct igc_ring *tx_ring = adapter->tx_ring[i];
+
+		if (!netif_carrier_ok(netdev)) {
+			/* We've lost link, so the controller stops DMA,
+			 * but we've got queued Tx work that's never going
+			 * to get done, so reset controller to flush Tx.
+			 * (Do the reset outside of interrupt context).
+			 */
+			if (igc_desc_unused(tx_ring) + 1 < tx_ring->count) {
+				adapter->tx_timeout_count++;
+				schedule_work(&adapter->reset_task);
+				/* return immediately since reset is imminent */
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* Force detection of hung controller every watchdog period */
+		set_bit(IGC_RING_FLAG_TX_DETECT_HANG, &tx_ring->flags);
+	}
+
+	/* Cause software interrupt to ensure Rx ring is cleaned */
+	if (adapter->flags & IGC_FLAG_HAS_MSIX) {
+		u32 eics = 0;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_q_vectors; i++)
+			eics |= adapter->q_vector[i]->eims_value;
+		wr32(IGC_EICS, eics);
+	} else {
+		wr32(IGC_ICS, IGC_ICS_RXDMT0);
+	}
+
+	/* Reset the timer */
+	if (!test_bit(__IGC_DOWN, &adapter->state)) {
+		if (adapter->flags & IGC_FLAG_NEED_LINK_UPDATE)
+			mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer,
+				  round_jiffies(jiffies +  HZ));
+		else
+			mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer,
+				  round_jiffies(jiffies + 2 * HZ));
+	}
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3170,6 +3397,7 @@ static int __igc_open(struct net_device *netdev, bool resuming)
 
 	/* start the watchdog. */
 	hw->mac.get_link_status = 1;
+	schedule_work(&adapter->watchdog_task);
 
 	return IGC_SUCCESS;
 
@@ -3451,8 +3679,10 @@ static int igc_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	wr32(IGC_TXPBS, I225_TXPBSIZE_DEFAULT);
 
 	timer_setup(&adapter->watchdog_timer, igc_watchdog, 0);
+	timer_setup(&adapter->phy_info_timer, igc_update_phy_info, 0);
 
 	INIT_WORK(&adapter->reset_task, igc_reset_task);
+	INIT_WORK(&adapter->watchdog_task, igc_watchdog_task);
 
 	/* Initialize link properties that are user-changeable */
 	adapter->fc_autoneg = true;
@@ -3523,8 +3753,10 @@ static void igc_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	set_bit(__IGC_DOWN, &adapter->state);
 
 	del_timer_sync(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
+	del_timer_sync(&adapter->phy_info_timer);
 
 	cancel_work_sync(&adapter->reset_task);
+	cancel_work_sync(&adapter->watchdog_task);
 
 	/* Release control of h/w to f/w.  If f/w is AMT enabled, this
 	 * would have already happened in close and is redundant.
