--- stk500v2.c	2014-03-13 00:03:19.000000000 +0100
+++ stk500v2.c.diff	2014-06-05 16:46:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -748,7 +748,8 @@
   DEBUG("STK500V2: stk500v2_getsync()\n");
 
   if (PDATA(pgm)->pgmtype == PGMTYPE_JTAGICE_MKII ||
-      PDATA(pgm)->pgmtype == PGMTYPE_JTAGICE3)
+      PDATA(pgm)->pgmtype == PGMTYPE_JTAGICE3 ||
+      PDATA(pgm)->pgmtype == PGMTYPE_AVRISP_MKII)
     return 0;
 
 retry: