diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b54075f0d832..e829c117317a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fb0effeee0855e2946d1b1f9cd1e142b78a7f6ca
+refs/heads/master: 409ee0fe14b113cbb7ec6ef4a6e0982e2e5c1e8f
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
index ef4aeb792135..62081cf4d824 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
@@ -4153,7 +4153,7 @@ qla2xxx_mctp_dump(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 		ha->mctp_dumped = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (!ha->flags.nic_core_reset_hdlr_active) {
+	if (!ha->flags.nic_core_reset_hdlr_active && !ha->portnum) {
 		ha->flags.nic_core_reset_hdlr_active = 1;
 		rval = qla83xx_restart_nic_firmware(vha);
 		if (rval)