1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c
index 57e025e84ab4..06b89b56d0e9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c
@@ -354,13 +354,6 @@ struct pci_dn * handle_eeh_events (struct eeh_event *event)
         if (frozen_pdn->eeh_freeze_count > EEH_MAX_ALLOWED_FREEZES)
                 goto excess_failures;
 
-        /* Get the current PCI slot state. */
-        rc = eeh_wait_for_slot_status (frozen_pdn, MAX_WAIT_FOR_RECOVERY*1000);
-        if (rc < 0) {
-                printk(KERN_WARNING "EEH: Permanent failure\n");
-                goto hard_fail;
-        }
-
         printk(KERN_WARNING
            "EEH: This PCI device has failed %d times in the last hour:\n",
                 frozen_pdn->eeh_freeze_count);
@@ -376,6 +369,14 @@ struct pci_dn * handle_eeh_events (struct eeh_event *event)
          */
         pci_walk_bus(frozen_bus, eeh_report_error, &result);
 
+        /* Get the current PCI slot state. This can take a long time,
+         * sometimes over 3 seconds for certain systems. */
+        rc = eeh_wait_for_slot_status (frozen_pdn, MAX_WAIT_FOR_RECOVERY*1000);
+        if (rc < 0) {
+                printk(KERN_WARNING "EEH: Permanent failure\n");
+                goto hard_fail;
+        }
+
         /* Since rtas may enable MMIO when posting the error log,
          * don't post the error log until after all dev drivers
          * have been informed.