diff --git a/src/drivers/net/intel.c b/src/drivers/net/intel.c
index 2326bc52..e155b644 100644
--- a/src/drivers/net/intel.c
+++ b/src/drivers/net/intel.c
@@ -295,14 +295,23 @@ static int intel_reset ( struct intel_nic *intel ) {
 	writel ( ctrl, intel->regs + INTEL_CTRL );
 	mdelay ( INTEL_RESET_DELAY_MS );
 
-	/* If link is already up, do not attempt to reset the PHY.  On
-	 * some models (notably ICH), performing a PHY reset seems to
-	 * drop the link speed to 10Mbps.
+	/* On some models (notably ICH), the PHY reset mechanism
+	 * appears to be broken.  In particular, the PHY_CTRL register
+	 * will be correctly loaded from NVM but the values will not
+	 * be propagated to the "OEM bits" PHY register.  This
+	 * typically has the effect of dropping the link speed to
+	 * 10Mbps.
+	 *
+	 * Work around this problem by skipping the PHY reset if
+	 * either (a) the link is already up, or (b) this particular
+	 * NIC is known to be broken.
 	 */
 	status = readl ( intel->regs + INTEL_STATUS );
-	if ( status & INTEL_STATUS_LU ) {
-		DBGC ( intel, "INTEL %p MAC reset (ctrl %08x)\n",
-		       intel, ctrl );
+	if ( ( intel->flags & INTEL_NO_PHY_RST ) ||
+	     ( status & INTEL_STATUS_LU ) ) {
+		DBGC ( intel, "INTEL %p %sMAC reset (ctrl %08x)\n", intel,
+		       ( ( intel->flags & INTEL_NO_PHY_RST ) ? "forced " : "" ),
+		       ctrl );
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1029,7 +1038,7 @@ static struct pci_device_id intel_nics[] = {
 	PCI_ROM ( 0x8086, 0x10f5, "82567lm", "82567LM", 0 ),
 	PCI_ROM ( 0x8086, 0x10f6, "82574l", "82574L", 0 ),
 	PCI_ROM ( 0x8086, 0x1501, "82567v-3", "82567V-3", INTEL_PBS_ERRATA ),
-	PCI_ROM ( 0x8086, 0x1502, "82579lm", "82579LM", 0 ),
+	PCI_ROM ( 0x8086, 0x1502, "82579lm", "82579LM", INTEL_NO_PHY_RST ),
 	PCI_ROM ( 0x8086, 0x1503, "82579v", "82579V", 0 ),
 	PCI_ROM ( 0x8086, 0x150a, "82576ns", "82576NS", 0 ),
 	PCI_ROM ( 0x8086, 0x150c, "82583v", "82583V", 0 ),
@@ -1057,7 +1066,7 @@ static struct pci_device_id intel_nics[] = {
 	PCI_ROM ( 0x8086, 0x15a0, "i218lm-2", "I218-LM", 0 ),
 	PCI_ROM ( 0x8086, 0x15a1, "i218v-2", "I218-V", 0 ),
 	PCI_ROM ( 0x8086, 0x15a2, "i218lm-3", "I218-LM", 0 ),
-	PCI_ROM ( 0x8086, 0x15a3, "i218v-3", "I218-V", 0 ),
+	PCI_ROM ( 0x8086, 0x15a3, "i218v-3", "I218-V", INTEL_NO_PHY_RST ),
 	PCI_ROM ( 0x8086, 0x294c, "82566dc-2", "82566DC-2", 0 ),
 	PCI_ROM ( 0x8086, 0x2e6e, "cemedia", "CE Media Processor", 0 ),
 };
diff --git a/src/drivers/net/intel.h b/src/drivers/net/intel.h
index ce9e3f46..436229ef 100644
--- a/src/drivers/net/intel.h
+++ b/src/drivers/net/intel.h
@@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ enum intel_flags {
 	INTEL_PBS_ERRATA = 0x0001,
 	/** VMware missing interrupt workaround required */
 	INTEL_VMWARE = 0x0002,
+	/** PHY reset is broken */
+	INTEL_NO_PHY_RST = 0x0004,
 };
 
 /**