1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c
index b3791b394715..c55797291b57 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c
@@ -6361,6 +6361,10 @@ bnx2_open(struct net_device *dev)
         struct bnx2 *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
         int rc;
 
+        rc = bnx2_request_firmware(bp);
+        if (rc < 0)
+                goto out;
+
         netif_carrier_off(dev);
 
         bnx2_disable_int(bp);
@@ -6429,6 +6433,7 @@ open_err:
         bnx2_free_irq(bp);
         bnx2_free_mem(bp);
         bnx2_del_napi(bp);
+        bnx2_release_firmware(bp);
         goto out;
 }
 
@@ -8575,12 +8580,6 @@ bnx2_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 
         pci_set_drvdata(pdev, dev);
 
-        rc = bnx2_request_firmware(bp);
-        if (rc < 0)
-                goto error;
-
-
-        bnx2_reset_chip(bp, BNX2_DRV_MSG_CODE_RESET);
         memcpy(dev->dev_addr, bp->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 
         dev->hw_features = NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_SG |
@@ -8613,7 +8612,6 @@ bnx2_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
         return 0;
 
 error:
-        bnx2_release_firmware(bp);
         pci_iounmap(pdev, bp->regview);
         pci_release_regions(pdev);
         pci_disable_device(pdev);