diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
index 3b7ad10497febe3f59c300f70806d1f5fec42a60..f21e48b2e9560e8d6e210db9eb79669b6d453de0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
@@ -3763,7 +3763,10 @@ static int megasas_init_fw(struct megasas_instance *instance)
 
 	memset(instance->pd_list, 0 ,
 		(MEGASAS_MAX_PD * sizeof(struct megasas_pd_list)));
-	megasas_get_pd_list(instance);
+	if (megasas_get_pd_list(instance) < 0) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "megasas: failed to get PD list\n");
+		goto fail_init_adapter;
+	}
 
 	memset(instance->ld_ids, 0xff, MEGASAS_MAX_LD_IDS);
 	if (megasas_ld_list_query(instance,
@@ -5592,22 +5595,23 @@ megasas_aen_polling(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	if (doscan) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "scanning ...\n");
-		megasas_get_pd_list(instance);
-		for (i = 0; i < MEGASAS_MAX_PD_CHANNELS; i++) {
-			for (j = 0; j < MEGASAS_MAX_DEV_PER_CHANNEL; j++) {
-				pd_index = i*MEGASAS_MAX_DEV_PER_CHANNEL + j;
-				sdev1 = scsi_device_lookup(host, i, j, 0);
-				if (instance->pd_list[pd_index].driveState ==
-							MR_PD_STATE_SYSTEM) {
-					if (!sdev1) {
-						scsi_add_device(host, i, j, 0);
-					}
-					if (sdev1)
-						scsi_device_put(sdev1);
-				} else {
-					if (sdev1) {
-						scsi_remove_device(sdev1);
-						scsi_device_put(sdev1);
+		if (megasas_get_pd_list(instance) == 0) {
+			for (i = 0; i < MEGASAS_MAX_PD_CHANNELS; i++) {
+				for (j = 0; j < MEGASAS_MAX_DEV_PER_CHANNEL; j++) {
+					pd_index = i*MEGASAS_MAX_DEV_PER_CHANNEL + j;
+					sdev1 = scsi_device_lookup(host, i, j, 0);
+					if (instance->pd_list[pd_index].driveState ==
+					    MR_PD_STATE_SYSTEM) {
+						if (!sdev1) {
+							scsi_add_device(host, i, j, 0);
+						}
+						if (sdev1)
+							scsi_device_put(sdev1);
+					} else {
+						if (sdev1) {
+							scsi_remove_device(sdev1);
+							scsi_device_put(sdev1);
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}