diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3bc667395194..1ba1ccb94980 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c9b65a7da694bd774398283b9bd860f7e3234432
+refs/heads/master: 5f1a7c811bb1aa5259afb8967c704f1306eaacb3
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c b/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c
index 57e025e84ab4..06b89b56d0e9 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c
@@ -354,13 +354,6 @@ struct pci_dn * handle_eeh_events (struct eeh_event *event)
 	if (frozen_pdn->eeh_freeze_count > EEH_MAX_ALLOWED_FREEZES)
 		goto excess_failures;
 
-	/* Get the current PCI slot state. */
-	rc = eeh_wait_for_slot_status (frozen_pdn, MAX_WAIT_FOR_RECOVERY*1000);
-	if (rc < 0) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "EEH: Permanent failure\n");
-		goto hard_fail;
-	}
-
 	printk(KERN_WARNING
 	   "EEH: This PCI device has failed %d times in the last hour:\n",
 		frozen_pdn->eeh_freeze_count);
@@ -376,6 +369,14 @@ struct pci_dn * handle_eeh_events (struct eeh_event *event)
 	 */
 	pci_walk_bus(frozen_bus, eeh_report_error, &result);
 
+	/* Get the current PCI slot state. This can take a long time,
+	 * sometimes over 3 seconds for certain systems. */
+	rc = eeh_wait_for_slot_status (frozen_pdn, MAX_WAIT_FOR_RECOVERY*1000);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "EEH: Permanent failure\n");
+		goto hard_fail;
+	}
+
 	/* Since rtas may enable MMIO when posting the error log,
 	 * don't post the error log until after all dev drivers
 	 * have been informed.