2 files changed, 22 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c b/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c
index b57abc0c9f48..28a0eda92680 100644
--- a/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c
+++ b/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c
@@ -243,15 +243,26 @@ static int be_POST_stage_get(struct be_adapter *adapter, u16 *stage)
 
 int be_cmd_POST(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 {
-        u16 stage, error;
+        u16 stage;
+        int status, timeout = 0;
 
-        error = be_POST_stage_get(adapter, &stage);
-        if (error || stage != POST_STAGE_ARMFW_RDY) {
-                dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev, "POST failed.\n");
-                return -1;
-        }
+        do {
+                status = be_POST_stage_get(adapter, &stage);
+                if (status) {
+                        dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev, "POST error; stage=0x%x\n",
+                                stage);
+                        return -1;
+                } else if (stage != POST_STAGE_ARMFW_RDY) {
+                        set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+                        schedule_timeout(2 * HZ);
+                        timeout += 2;
+                } else {
+                        return 0;
+                }
+        } while (timeout < 20);
 
-        return 0;
+        dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev, "POST timeout; stage=0x%x\n", stage);
+        return -1;
 }
 
 static inline void *embedded_payload(struct be_mcc_wrb *wrb)
diff --git a/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c
index 36cb94869b01..1f941f027718 100644
--- a/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/benet/be_main.c
@@ -2058,6 +2058,10 @@ static int be_hw_up(struct be_adapter *adapter)
         if (status)
                 return status;
 
+        status = be_cmd_reset_function(adapter);
+        if (status)
+                return status;
+
         status = be_cmd_get_fw_ver(adapter, adapter->fw_ver);
         if (status)
                 return status;
@@ -2111,10 +2115,6 @@ static int __devinit be_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
         if (status)
                 goto free_netdev;
 
-        status = be_cmd_reset_function(adapter);
-        if (status)
-                goto ctrl_clean;
-
         status = be_stats_init(adapter);
         if (status)
                 goto ctrl_clean;