1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
index 62a22cfae20e..3b708606b932 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
@@ -281,6 +281,12 @@ qla2x00_sysfs_write_optrom_ctl(struct kobject *kobj,
                         return count;
                 }
 
+                if (qla2x00_wait_for_hba_online(vha) != QLA_SUCCESS) {
+                        qla_printk(KERN_WARNING, ha,
+                                "HBA not online, failing NVRAM update.\n");
+                        return -EAGAIN;
+                }
+
                 DEBUG2(qla_printk(KERN_INFO, ha,
                     "Reading flash region -- 0x%x/0x%x.\n",
                     ha->optrom_region_start, ha->optrom_region_size));