diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 98bef96105b0..595c3cb1f124 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3710c60c09f555df69d12b0232702d062fe3bcd6
+refs/heads/master: 2bd1e2be8f7cce153a356a971012b9a604f9a412
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
index 56962e52f112..a6455fbe4f4f 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
@@ -1102,7 +1102,8 @@ static int qla4xxx_recover_adapter(struct scsi_qla_host *ha)
 		    ha->host_no, __func__));
 		status = ha->isp_ops->reset_firmware(ha);
 		if (status == QLA_SUCCESS) {
-			qla4xxx_cmd_wait(ha);
+			if (!test_bit(AF_FW_RECOVERY, &ha->flags))
+				qla4xxx_cmd_wait(ha);
 			ha->isp_ops->disable_intrs(ha);
 			qla4xxx_process_aen(ha, FLUSH_DDB_CHANGED_AENS);
 			qla4xxx_abort_active_cmds(ha, DID_RESET << 16);
@@ -1119,7 +1120,8 @@ static int qla4xxx_recover_adapter(struct scsi_qla_host *ha)
 	 * or if stop_firmware fails for ISP-82xx.
 	 * This is the default case for ISP-4xxx */
 	if (!is_qla8022(ha) || reset_chip) {
-		qla4xxx_cmd_wait(ha);
+		if (!test_bit(AF_FW_RECOVERY, &ha->flags))
+			qla4xxx_cmd_wait(ha);
 		qla4xxx_process_aen(ha, FLUSH_DDB_CHANGED_AENS);
 		qla4xxx_abort_active_cmds(ha, DID_RESET << 16);
 		DEBUG2(ql4_printk(KERN_INFO, ha,