diff -puN drivers/net/forcedeth.c~forcdeth-increase-max_interrupt_work drivers/net/forcedeth.c
--- a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c~forcdeth-increase-max_interrupt_work
+++ a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ struct fe_priv {
  * Maximum number of loops until we assume that a bit in the irq mask
  * is stuck. Overridable with module param.
  */
-static int max_interrupt_work = 5;
+static int max_interrupt_work = 15;
 
 /*
  * Optimization can be either throuput mode or cpu mode