diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c
index 308ba42dfd5618a20e5c58d8cf8f03ef7674b064..679d45e098054e1ecadbd882a5461cbd9b6203fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c
@@ -7634,7 +7634,7 @@ static void bnx2x_warpcore_power_module(struct link_params *params,
 static int bnx2x_warpcore_read_sfp_module_eeprom(struct bnx2x_phy *phy,
 						 struct link_params *params,
 						 u16 addr, u8 byte_cnt,
-						 u8 *o_buf)
+						 u8 *o_buf, u8 is_init)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 	u8 i, j = 0, cnt = 0;
@@ -7651,10 +7651,10 @@ static int bnx2x_warpcore_read_sfp_module_eeprom(struct bnx2x_phy *phy,
 	/* 4 byte aligned address */
 	addr32 = addr & (~0x3);
 	do {
-		if (cnt == I2C_WA_PWR_ITER) {
+		if ((!is_init) && (cnt == I2C_WA_PWR_ITER)) {
 			bnx2x_warpcore_power_module(params, phy, 0);
 			/* Note that 100us are not enough here */
-			usleep_range(1000,1000);
+			usleep_range(1000, 2000);
 			bnx2x_warpcore_power_module(params, phy, 1);
 		}
 		rc = bnx2x_bsc_read(params, phy, 0xa0, addr32, 0, byte_cnt,
@@ -7774,7 +7774,7 @@ int bnx2x_read_sfp_module_eeprom(struct bnx2x_phy *phy,
 	break;
 	case PORT_HW_CFG_XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE_DIRECT:
 		rc = bnx2x_warpcore_read_sfp_module_eeprom(phy, params, addr,
-							   byte_cnt, o_buf);
+							   byte_cnt, o_buf, 0);
 	break;
 	}
 	return rc;
@@ -7978,6 +7978,7 @@ static int bnx2x_wait_for_sfp_module_initialized(struct bnx2x_phy *phy,
 
 {
 	u8 val;
+	int rc;
 	struct bnx2x *bp = params->bp;
 	u16 timeout;
 	/* Initialization time after hot-plug may take up to 300ms for
@@ -7985,8 +7986,14 @@ static int bnx2x_wait_for_sfp_module_initialized(struct bnx2x_phy *phy,
 	 */
 
 	for (timeout = 0; timeout < 60; timeout++) {
-		if (bnx2x_read_sfp_module_eeprom(phy, params, 1, 1, &val)
-		    == 0) {
+		if (phy->type == PORT_HW_CFG_XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE_DIRECT)
+			rc = bnx2x_warpcore_read_sfp_module_eeprom(phy,
+								   params, 1,
+								   1, &val, 1);
+		else
+			rc = bnx2x_read_sfp_module_eeprom(phy, params, 1, 1,
+							  &val);
+		if (rc == 0) {
 			DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK,
 			   "SFP+ module initialization took %d ms\n",
 			   timeout * 5);
@@ -7994,7 +8001,8 @@ static int bnx2x_wait_for_sfp_module_initialized(struct bnx2x_phy *phy,
 		}
 		usleep_range(5000, 10000);
 	}
-	return -EINVAL;
+	rc = bnx2x_read_sfp_module_eeprom(phy, params, 1, 1, &val);
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static void bnx2x_8727_power_module(struct bnx2x *bp,