diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c
index 3980b5815d8d7763937db1ee4e9bbb80c6e2c9b8..9a12c4b99e26264fc6b1c9247aba5c06e338d632 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c
@@ -452,10 +452,33 @@ int lancer_wait_ready(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 	return status;
 }
 
+static bool lancer_provisioning_error(struct be_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	u32 sliport_status = 0, sliport_err1 = 0, sliport_err2 = 0;
+	sliport_status = ioread32(adapter->db + SLIPORT_STATUS_OFFSET);
+	if (sliport_status & SLIPORT_STATUS_ERR_MASK) {
+		sliport_err1 = ioread32(adapter->db +
+					SLIPORT_ERROR1_OFFSET);
+		sliport_err2 = ioread32(adapter->db +
+					SLIPORT_ERROR2_OFFSET);
+
+		if (sliport_err1 == SLIPORT_ERROR_NO_RESOURCE1 &&
+		    sliport_err2 == SLIPORT_ERROR_NO_RESOURCE2)
+			return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 int lancer_test_and_set_rdy_state(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	int status;
 	u32 sliport_status, err, reset_needed;
+	bool resource_error;
+
+	resource_error = lancer_provisioning_error(adapter);
+	if (resource_error)
+		return -1;
+
 	status = lancer_wait_ready(adapter);
 	if (!status) {
 		sliport_status = ioread32(adapter->db + SLIPORT_STATUS_OFFSET);
@@ -477,6 +500,14 @@ int lancer_test_and_set_rdy_state(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 			status = -1;
 		}
 	}
+	/* Stop error recovery if error is not recoverable.
+	 * No resource error is temporary errors and will go away
+	 * when PF provisions resources.
+	 */
+	resource_error = lancer_provisioning_error(adapter);
+	if (status == -1 && !resource_error)
+		adapter->eeh_error = true;
+
 	return status;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_hw.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_hw.h
index b755f7061dce56edf88e486662c7d0c0b100a2a8..4ccbc36874e9ee6336cc287d98b0faad8ebaa9f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_hw.h
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
 #define PHYSDEV_CONTROL_FW_RESET_MASK	0x00000002
 #define PHYSDEV_CONTROL_INP_MASK	0x40000000
 
+#define SLIPORT_ERROR_NO_RESOURCE1	0x2
+#define SLIPORT_ERROR_NO_RESOURCE2	0x9
+
 /********* Memory BAR register ************/
 #define PCICFG_MEMBAR_CTRL_INT_CTRL_OFFSET 	0xfc
 /* Host Interrupt Enable, if set interrupts are enabled although "PCI Interrupt
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index 41f935a2d05da3ad4c7f6bd144fee429c9b8da50..7a483fdd974ba1d548b891f76dd9df76ca694a12 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -3837,8 +3837,9 @@ static int lancer_recover_func(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 		"Adapter SLIPORT recovery succeeded\n");
 	return 0;
 err:
-	dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev,
-		"Adapter SLIPORT recovery failed\n");
+	if (adapter->eeh_error)
+		dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev,
+			"Adapter SLIPORT recovery failed\n");
 
 	return status;
 }