diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 3d0280196fdc5ce6cd327eb52a18f54bff9f10ce..d0cff2807d0b859822edbb1b42124f69d47df11b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ static int do_reset(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 
 		rc = ibmvnic_init(adapter);
 		if (rc)
-			return 0;
+			return IBMVNIC_INIT_FAILED;
 
 		/* If the adapter was in PROBE state prior to the reset,
 		 * exit here.
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ static void __ibmvnic_reset(struct work_struct *work)
 	while (rwi) {
 		rc = do_reset(adapter, rwi, reset_state);
 		kfree(rwi);
-		if (rc)
+		if (rc && rc != IBMVNIC_INIT_FAILED)
 			break;
 
 		rwi = get_next_rwi(adapter);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h
index 27107f33755bf795a99df5396f52206996ea003e..4670af80d61271938a5bcb7b9f88d33cc729f877 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #define IBMVNIC_DRIVER_VERSION	"1.0.1"
 #define IBMVNIC_INVALID_MAP	-1
 #define IBMVNIC_STATS_TIMEOUT	1
+#define IBMVNIC_INIT_FAILED	2
+
 /* basic structures plus 100 2k buffers */
 #define IBMVNIC_IO_ENTITLEMENT_DEFAULT	610305