1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/tg3.c b/drivers/net/tg3.c
index 82afd26a829f..fc9b5cd957aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tg3.c
@@ -4370,7 +4370,12 @@ static int tg3_load_firmware_cpu(struct tg3 *tp, u32 cpu_base, u32 cpu_scratch_b
          */
         tp->tg3_flags |= TG3_FLAG_PCIX_TARGET_HWBUG;
 
+        /* It is possible that bootcode is still loading at this point.
+         * Get the nvram lock first before halting the cpu.
+         */
+        tg3_nvram_lock(tp);
         err = tg3_halt_cpu(tp, cpu_base);
+        tg3_nvram_unlock(tp);
         if (err)
                 goto out;