4 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic.h b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic.h
index ed00b6061e0c..6dc8c916de31 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 #define DRV_NAME		"fnic"
 #define DRV_DESCRIPTION		"Cisco FCoE HBA Driver"
-#define DRV_VERSION		"1.6.0.49"
+#define DRV_VERSION		"1.6.0.50"
 #define PFX			DRV_NAME ": "
 #define DFX                     DRV_NAME "%d: "
 
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ struct fnic {
 	u32 vlan_hw_insert:1;	        /* let hw insert the tag */
 	u32 in_remove:1;                /* fnic device in removal */
 	u32 stop_rx_link_events:1;      /* stop proc. rx frames, link events */
+	u32 link_events:1;              /* set when we get any link event*/
 
 	struct completion *remove_wait; /* device remove thread blocks */
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_fcs.c b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_fcs.c
index 3fc3a7271dc1..3337d6627baf 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_fcs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_fcs.c
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ void fnic_handle_link(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&fnic->fnic_lock, flags);
 
+	fnic->link_events = 1;      /* less work to just set everytime*/
+
 	if (fnic->stop_rx_link_events) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fnic->fnic_lock, flags);
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c
index 5f8a7ef8f6a8..cad29679e90e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c
@@ -580,6 +580,8 @@ static int fnic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	fnic->lport = lp;
 	fnic->ctlr.lp = lp;
 
+	fnic->link_events = 0;
+
 	snprintf(fnic->name, sizeof(fnic->name) - 1, "%s%d", DRV_NAME,
 		 host->host_no);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_scsi.c
index d1f7b84bbfe8..16e66f5b833a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_scsi.c
@@ -2673,7 +2673,8 @@ void fnic_scsi_abort_io(struct fc_lport *lp)
 	/* Issue firmware reset for fnic, wait for reset to complete */
 retry_fw_reset:
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&fnic->fnic_lock, flags);
-	if (unlikely(fnic->state == FNIC_IN_FC_TRANS_ETH_MODE)) {
+	if (unlikely(fnic->state == FNIC_IN_FC_TRANS_ETH_MODE) &&
+		     fnic->link_events) {
 		/* fw reset is in progress, poll for its completion */
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fnic->fnic_lock, flags);
 		schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(100));