diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
index 23f7d828cf676244766e582674a2946ea467bb6b..6ef20e5cc77dd314a60c9b1330fb421f81ceda7a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
@@ -1643,7 +1643,12 @@ static int mlxsw_pci_sw_reset(struct mlxsw_pci *mlxsw_pci,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	wmb(); /* reset needs to be written before we read control register */
+	/* Reset needs to be written before we read control register, and
+	 * we must wait for the HW to become responsive once again
+	 */
+	wmb();
+	msleep(MLXSW_PCI_SW_RESET_WAIT_MSECS);
+
 	end = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(MLXSW_PCI_SW_RESET_TIMEOUT_MSECS);
 	do {
 		u32 val = mlxsw_pci_read32(mlxsw_pci, FW_READY);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci_hw.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci_hw.h
index a6441208e9d96e0b96de0cde155f50fa437f56ae..fb082ad21b00e43435003e186eae92ff3d197a66 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci_hw.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #define MLXSW_PCI_SW_RESET			0xF0010
 #define MLXSW_PCI_SW_RESET_RST_BIT		BIT(0)
 #define MLXSW_PCI_SW_RESET_TIMEOUT_MSECS	5000
+#define MLXSW_PCI_SW_RESET_WAIT_MSECS		100
 #define MLXSW_PCI_FW_READY			0xA1844
 #define MLXSW_PCI_FW_READY_MASK			0xFFFF
 #define MLXSW_PCI_FW_READY_MAGIC		0x5E