diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
index b70f3eb323f73d10dd1e54a5e0499bcd4ef4f1cd..0ba8f6118e75a8ff40b506326cc8433960fc0c16 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ enum {
 #define AAC_INT_MODE_MSI		(1<<1)
 #define AAC_INT_MODE_AIF		(1<<2)
 #define AAC_INT_MODE_SYNC		(1<<3)
+#define AAC_INT_MODE_MSIX		(1<<16)
 
 #define AAC_INT_ENABLE_TYPE1_INTX	0xfffffffb
 #define AAC_INT_ENABLE_TYPE1_MSIX	0xfffffffa
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/comminit.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/comminit.c
index 50d521a452d2c9eebb2699258d34e5dffae5a536..341ea327ae7946f758bbcc8b9a518ef2051bf7e9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/comminit.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/comminit.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi_host.h>
@@ -47,6 +48,20 @@ struct aac_common aac_config = {
 	.irq_mod = 1
 };
 
+static inline int aac_is_msix_mode(struct aac_dev *dev)
+{
+	u32 status;
+
+	status = src_readl(dev, MUnit.OMR);
+	return (status & AAC_INT_MODE_MSIX);
+}
+
+static inline void aac_change_to_intx(struct aac_dev *dev)
+{
+	aac_src_access_devreg(dev, AAC_DISABLE_MSIX);
+	aac_src_access_devreg(dev, AAC_ENABLE_INTX);
+}
+
 static int aac_alloc_comm(struct aac_dev *dev, void **commaddr, unsigned long commsize, unsigned long commalign)
 {
 	unsigned char *base;
@@ -414,6 +429,15 @@ struct aac_dev *aac_init_adapter(struct aac_dev *dev)
 	dev->comm_interface = AAC_COMM_PRODUCER;
 	dev->raw_io_interface = dev->raw_io_64 = 0;
 
+
+	/*
+	 * Enable INTX mode, if not done already Enabled
+	 */
+	if (aac_is_msix_mode(dev)) {
+		aac_change_to_intx(dev);
+		dev_info(&dev->pdev->dev, "Changed firmware to INTX mode");
+	}
+
 	if ((!aac_adapter_sync_cmd(dev, GET_ADAPTER_PROPERTIES,
 		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
 		status+0, status+1, status+2, status+3, NULL)) &&