diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6e016bac4e31..1fed767f0ec9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 109a008bfe73322c1e2b16a7d23eb9899afe4352
+refs/heads/master: 7977f825a029bad2a37fbcbdd9623de996154b44
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
index 81b3038c385c..29bd2258ab6f 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
@@ -5240,6 +5240,11 @@ static int __devinit qla4xxx_probe_adapter(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	 * NOTE: interrupts enabled upon successful completion
 	 */
 	status = qla4xxx_initialize_adapter(ha, INIT_ADAPTER);
+
+	/* Dont retry adapter initialization if IRQ allocation failed */
+	if (!test_bit(AF_IRQ_ATTACHED, &ha->flags))
+		goto skip_retry_init;
+
 	while ((!test_bit(AF_ONLINE, &ha->flags)) &&
 	    init_retry_count++ < MAX_INIT_RETRIES) {
 
@@ -5264,6 +5269,7 @@ static int __devinit qla4xxx_probe_adapter(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		status = qla4xxx_initialize_adapter(ha, INIT_ADAPTER);
 	}
 
+skip_retry_init:
 	if (!test_bit(AF_ONLINE, &ha->flags)) {
 		ql4_printk(KERN_WARNING, ha, "Failed to initialize adapter\n");