diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_dbg.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_dbg.c
index 10093f0c4c0f3d507514da946df9047b3d68d925..6bc5db7039201a1af0a835867e900ed59ab0af13 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_dbg.c
@@ -740,8 +740,8 @@ int ql_core_dump(struct ql_adapter *qdev, struct ql_mpi_coredump *mpi_coredump)
 	int i;
 
 	if (!mpi_coredump) {
-		netif_err(qdev, drv, qdev->ndev, "No memory available\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		netif_err(qdev, drv, qdev->ndev, "No memory allocated\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	/* Try to get the spinlock, but dont worry if
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_mpi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
index ff2bf8a4e24773429f02e1b66777e76bdd079134..7ad146080c3649585e5c4611c6ba79883bda6293 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_mpi.c
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ void ql_mpi_reset_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (!ql_core_dump(qdev, qdev->mpi_coredump)) {
+	if (qdev->mpi_coredump && !ql_core_dump(qdev, qdev->mpi_coredump)) {
 		netif_err(qdev, drv, qdev->ndev, "Core is dumped!\n");
 		qdev->core_is_dumped = 1;
 		queue_delayed_work(qdev->workqueue,