diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_bus_pci.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_bus_pci.c
index d6ce113a4210b..c49aa358e4244 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_bus_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_bus_pci.c
@@ -215,9 +215,16 @@ static int ionic_sriov_configure(struct pci_dev *pdev, int num_vfs)
 
 static void ionic_clear_pci(struct ionic *ionic)
 {
+	ionic->idev.dev_info_regs = NULL;
+	ionic->idev.dev_cmd_regs = NULL;
+	ionic->idev.intr_status = NULL;
+	ionic->idev.intr_ctrl = NULL;
+
 	ionic_unmap_bars(ionic);
 	pci_release_regions(ionic->pdev);
-	pci_disable_device(ionic->pdev);
+
+	if (atomic_read(&ionic->pdev->enable_cnt) > 0)
+		pci_disable_device(ionic->pdev);
 }
 
 static int ionic_setup_one(struct ionic *ionic)
@@ -389,9 +396,13 @@ static void ionic_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
 	struct ionic *ionic = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
-	del_timer_sync(&ionic->watchdog_timer);
+	timer_shutdown_sync(&ionic->watchdog_timer);
 
 	if (ionic->lif) {
+		/* prevent adminq cmds if already known as down */
+		if (test_and_clear_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_FW_RESET, ionic->lif->state))
+			set_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_FW_STOPPING, ionic->lif->state);
+
 		ionic_lif_unregister(ionic->lif);
 		ionic_devlink_unregister(ionic);
 		ionic_lif_deinit(ionic->lif);
@@ -416,6 +427,8 @@ static void ionic_reset_prepare(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 
 	dev_dbg(ionic->dev, "%s: device stopping\n", __func__);
 
+	set_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_FW_RESET, lif->state);
+
 	del_timer_sync(&ionic->watchdog_timer);
 	cancel_work_sync(&lif->deferred.work);
 
@@ -424,6 +437,7 @@ static void ionic_reset_prepare(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	ionic_txrx_free(lif);
 	ionic_lif_deinit(lif);
 	ionic_qcqs_free(lif);
+	ionic_debugfs_del_lif(lif);
 	mutex_unlock(&lif->queue_lock);
 
 	ionic_dev_teardown(ionic);
@@ -455,10 +469,35 @@ static void ionic_reset_done(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		__func__, err ? "failed" : "done");
 }
 
+static pci_ers_result_t ionic_pci_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
+						 pci_channel_state_t error)
+{
+	if (error == pci_channel_io_frozen) {
+		ionic_reset_prepare(pdev);
+		return PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET;
+	}
+
+	return PCI_ERS_RESULT_NONE;
+}
+
+static void ionic_pci_error_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+	struct ionic *ionic = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	struct ionic_lif *lif = ionic->lif;
+
+	if (lif && test_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_FW_RESET, lif->state))
+		pci_reset_function_locked(pdev);
+}
+
 static const struct pci_error_handlers ionic_err_handler = {
 	/* FLR handling */
 	.reset_prepare      = ionic_reset_prepare,
 	.reset_done         = ionic_reset_done,
+
+	/* PCI bus error detected on this device */
+	.error_detected     = ionic_pci_error_detected,
+	.resume		    = ionic_pci_error_resume,
+
 };
 
 static struct pci_driver ionic_driver = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_debugfs.c
index c582170275643..91327ef670c76 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_debugfs.c
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ void ionic_debugfs_add_lif(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 
 void ionic_debugfs_del_lif(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
+	if (!lif->dentry)
+		return;
+
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(lif->dentry);
 	lif->dentry = NULL;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.c
index bb9245d933e40..1e7c71f7f081b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.c
@@ -165,9 +165,19 @@ void ionic_dev_teardown(struct ionic *ionic)
 }
 
 /* Devcmd Interface */
-bool ionic_is_fw_running(struct ionic_dev *idev)
+static bool __ionic_is_fw_running(struct ionic_dev *idev, u8 *status_ptr)
 {
-	u8 fw_status = ioread8(&idev->dev_info_regs->fw_status);
+	u8 fw_status;
+
+	if (!idev->dev_info_regs) {
+		if (status_ptr)
+			*status_ptr = 0xff;
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	fw_status = ioread8(&idev->dev_info_regs->fw_status);
+	if (status_ptr)
+		*status_ptr = fw_status;
 
 	/* firmware is useful only if the running bit is set and
 	 * fw_status != 0xff (bad PCI read)
@@ -175,6 +185,11 @@ bool ionic_is_fw_running(struct ionic_dev *idev)
 	return (fw_status != 0xff) && (fw_status & IONIC_FW_STS_F_RUNNING);
 }
 
+bool ionic_is_fw_running(struct ionic_dev *idev)
+{
+	return __ionic_is_fw_running(idev, NULL);
+}
+
 int ionic_heartbeat_check(struct ionic *ionic)
 {
 	unsigned long check_time, last_check_time;
@@ -199,10 +214,8 @@ int ionic_heartbeat_check(struct ionic *ionic)
 		goto do_check_time;
 	}
 
-	fw_status = ioread8(&idev->dev_info_regs->fw_status);
-
 	/* If fw_status is not ready don't bother with the generation */
-	if (!ionic_is_fw_running(idev)) {
+	if (!__ionic_is_fw_running(idev, &fw_status)) {
 		fw_status_ready = false;
 	} else {
 		fw_generation = fw_status & IONIC_FW_STS_F_GENERATION;
@@ -321,6 +334,7 @@ void ionic_dev_cmd_comp(struct ionic_dev *idev, union ionic_dev_cmd_comp *comp)
 
 void ionic_dev_cmd_go(struct ionic_dev *idev, union ionic_dev_cmd *cmd)
 {
+	idev->opcode = cmd->cmd.opcode;
 	memcpy_toio(&idev->dev_cmd_regs->cmd, cmd, sizeof(*cmd));
 	iowrite32(0, &idev->dev_cmd_regs->done);
 	iowrite32(1, &idev->dev_cmd_regs->doorbell);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.h
index c47c059465aee..2667e1cde16be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.h
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ struct ionic_dev {
 	bool fw_hb_ready;
 	bool fw_status_ready;
 	u8 fw_generation;
+	u8 opcode;
 
 	u64 __iomem *db_pages;
 	dma_addr_t phy_db_pages;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
index 3bb0cfc40576c..cf2d5ad7b68cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
@@ -3161,6 +3161,9 @@ static void ionic_lif_reset(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
 	struct ionic_dev *idev = &lif->ionic->idev;
 
+	if (!ionic_is_fw_running(idev))
+		return;
+
 	mutex_lock(&lif->ionic->dev_cmd_lock);
 	ionic_dev_cmd_lif_reset(idev, lif->index);
 	ionic_dev_cmd_wait(lif->ionic, DEVCMD_TIMEOUT);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
index 8d15f9203bd5d..165ab08ad2dda 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
@@ -388,22 +388,28 @@ int ionic_adminq_wait(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx,
 				      do_msg);
 }
 
-int ionic_adminq_post_wait(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx)
+static int __ionic_adminq_post_wait(struct ionic_lif *lif,
+				    struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx,
+				    const bool do_msg)
 {
 	int err;
 
+	if (!ionic_is_fw_running(&lif->ionic->idev))
+		return 0;
+
 	err = ionic_adminq_post(lif, ctx);
 
-	return ionic_adminq_wait(lif, ctx, err, true);
+	return ionic_adminq_wait(lif, ctx, err, do_msg);
 }
 
-int ionic_adminq_post_wait_nomsg(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx)
+int ionic_adminq_post_wait(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx)
 {
-	int err;
-
-	err = ionic_adminq_post(lif, ctx);
+	return __ionic_adminq_post_wait(lif, ctx, true);
+}
 
-	return ionic_adminq_wait(lif, ctx, err, false);
+int ionic_adminq_post_wait_nomsg(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	return __ionic_adminq_post_wait(lif, ctx, false);
 }
 
 static void ionic_dev_cmd_clean(struct ionic *ionic)
@@ -443,7 +449,7 @@ static int __ionic_dev_cmd_wait(struct ionic *ionic, unsigned long max_seconds,
 	 */
 	max_wait = jiffies + (max_seconds * HZ);
 try_again:
-	opcode = readb(&idev->dev_cmd_regs->cmd.cmd.opcode);
+	opcode = idev->opcode;
 	start_time = jiffies;
 	for (fw_up = ionic_is_fw_running(idev);
 	     !done && fw_up && time_before(jiffies, max_wait);