diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_kcs_sm.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_kcs_sm.c
index dc83365ede4abbf3e25f9055182235eb2e51186e..da1554194d3db10677996060fb37d66ecdfe4058 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_kcs_sm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_kcs_sm.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/ipmi_msgdefs.h>		/* for completion codes */
 #include "ipmi_si_sm.h"
 
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ enum kcs_states {
 #define IBF_RETRY_TIMEOUT 1000000
 #define OBF_RETRY_TIMEOUT 1000000
 #define MAX_ERROR_RETRIES 10
+#define ERROR0_OBF_WAIT_JIFFIES (2*HZ)
 
 struct si_sm_data
 {
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ struct si_sm_data
 	unsigned int  error_retries;
 	long          ibf_timeout;
 	long          obf_timeout;
+	unsigned long  error0_timeout;
 };
 
 static unsigned int init_kcs_data(struct si_sm_data *kcs,
@@ -187,6 +190,7 @@ static inline void start_error_recovery(struct si_sm_data *kcs, char *reason)
 			printk(KERN_DEBUG "ipmi_kcs_sm: kcs hosed: %s\n", reason);
 		kcs->state = KCS_HOSED;
 	} else {
+		kcs->error0_timeout = jiffies + ERROR0_OBF_WAIT_JIFFIES;
 		kcs->state = KCS_ERROR0;
 	}
 }
@@ -423,6 +427,10 @@ static enum si_sm_result kcs_event(struct si_sm_data *kcs, long time)
 
 	case KCS_ERROR0:
 		clear_obf(kcs, status);
+		status = read_status(kcs);
+		if  (GET_STATUS_OBF(status)) /* controller isn't responding */
+			if (time_before(jiffies, kcs->error0_timeout))
+				return SI_SM_CALL_WITH_TICK_DELAY;
 		write_cmd(kcs, KCS_GET_STATUS_ABORT);
 		kcs->state = KCS_ERROR1;
 		break;
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 2ace62b1d32630d79a2a8c4a32d3b735ed4c1d51..d514df7c72830dc018d234db1b6e72fe36946168 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -1932,7 +1932,8 @@ static int try_get_dev_id(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 	smi_result = smi_info->handlers->event(smi_info->si_sm, 0);
 	for (;;)
 	{
-		if (smi_result == SI_SM_CALL_WITH_DELAY) {
+		if (smi_result == SI_SM_CALL_WITH_DELAY ||
+		    smi_result == SI_SM_CALL_WITH_TICK_DELAY) {
 			schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
 			smi_result = smi_info->handlers->event(
 				smi_info->si_sm, 100);
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_sm.h b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_sm.h
index 62791dd429856d3755fe4898e83791b25dabaca3..bf3d4962d6a5973c51d99f21cb7b5de0ad2be867 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_sm.h
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_sm.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ enum si_sm_result
 {
 	SI_SM_CALL_WITHOUT_DELAY, /* Call the driver again immediately */
 	SI_SM_CALL_WITH_DELAY,	/* Delay some before calling again. */
+	SI_SM_CALL_WITH_TICK_DELAY,	/* Delay at least 1 tick before calling again. */
 	SI_SM_TRANSACTION_COMPLETE, /* A transaction is finished. */
 	SI_SM_IDLE,		/* The SM is in idle state. */
 	SI_SM_HOSED,		/* The hardware violated the state machine. */