diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1adcb2ae5bee..78601b0ca24a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3776541d8a46347a4924353a192c6ce4a3d04e2e
+refs/heads/master: 6f13fd57cd84c06cea6c4b6d61517a4350820a9f
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_sup.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_sup.c
index ad2fa01bd233..af16c55b47a7 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_sup.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_sup.c
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ qla24xx_write_flash_data(scsi_qla_host_t *ha, uint32_t *dwptr, uint32_t faddr,
 	int ret;
 	uint32_t liter, miter;
 	uint32_t sec_mask, rest_addr, conf_addr;
-	uint32_t fdata, findex ;
+	uint32_t fdata, findex, cnt;
 	uint8_t	man_id, flash_id;
 	struct device_reg_24xx __iomem *reg = &ha->iobase->isp24;
 	dma_addr_t optrom_dma;
@@ -690,8 +690,14 @@ qla24xx_write_flash_data(scsi_qla_host_t *ha, uint32_t *dwptr, uint32_t faddr,
 			    0xff0000) | ((fdata >> 16) & 0xff));
 	}
 
-	/* Enable flash write-protection. */
+	/* Enable flash write-protection and wait for completion. */
 	qla24xx_write_flash_dword(ha, flash_conf_to_access_addr(0x101), 0x9c);
+	for (cnt = 300; cnt &&
+	    qla24xx_read_flash_dword(ha,
+		    flash_conf_to_access_addr(0x005)) & BIT_0;
+	    cnt--) {
+		udelay(10);
+	}
 
 	/* Disable flash write. */
 	WRT_REG_DWORD(&reg->ctrl_status,