diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 24bd6f9d1777..5986e8d32868 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ec6c2b43b08f29e08ed5440abae1ec18d80fa8b7
+refs/heads/master: 96b681c6ad3f2f5013c0ffc558969ee6ac8c450b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
index c3524bcefd54..84087cc2d772 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
@@ -3545,11 +3545,11 @@ mpt2sas_base_attach(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc)
 		return r;
 
 	pci_set_drvdata(ioc->pdev, ioc->shost);
-	r = _base_make_ioc_ready(ioc, CAN_SLEEP, SOFT_RESET);
+	r = _base_get_ioc_facts(ioc, CAN_SLEEP);
 	if (r)
 		goto out_free_resources;
 
-	r = _base_get_ioc_facts(ioc, CAN_SLEEP);
+	r = _base_make_ioc_ready(ioc, CAN_SLEEP, SOFT_RESET);
 	if (r)
 		goto out_free_resources;