diff --git a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge.h b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge.h
index 9169c4cf413a3c80c76f728c1969591a279fa773..780a38731bcc5dbbf6859371c994eaabbe78beec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge.h
+++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge.h
@@ -2005,6 +2005,7 @@ enum {
 	QL_SELFTEST = 9,
 	QL_LB_LINK_UP = 10,
 	QL_FRC_COREDUMP = 11,
+	QL_EEH_FATAL = 12,
 };
 
 /* link_status bit definitions */
diff --git a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
index 87ec7206415889834a383de24e818cf1dcf94ade..7e000295f3599cb5a8789cac576b050a54fbc4d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -3929,6 +3929,16 @@ static int qlge_close(struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	struct ql_adapter *qdev = netdev_priv(ndev);
 
+	/* If we hit pci_channel_io_perm_failure
+	 * failure condition, then we already
+	 * brought the adapter down.
+	 */
+	if (test_bit(QL_EEH_FATAL, &qdev->flags)) {
+		QPRINTK(qdev, DRV, ERR, "EEH fatal did unload.\n");
+		clear_bit(QL_EEH_FATAL, &qdev->flags);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Wait for device to recover from a reset.
 	 * (Rarely happens, but possible.)
@@ -4677,6 +4687,7 @@ static pci_ers_result_t qlge_io_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 					       enum pci_channel_state state)
 {
 	struct net_device *ndev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	struct ql_adapter *qdev = netdev_priv(ndev);
 
 	switch (state) {
 	case pci_channel_io_normal:
@@ -4690,6 +4701,8 @@ static pci_ers_result_t qlge_io_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	case pci_channel_io_perm_failure:
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev,
 			"%s: pci_channel_io_perm_failure.\n", __func__);
+		ql_eeh_close(ndev);
+		set_bit(QL_EEH_FATAL, &qdev->flags);
 		return PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT;
 	}
 
@@ -4720,6 +4733,7 @@ static pci_ers_result_t qlge_io_slot_reset(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 
 	if (ql_adapter_reset(qdev)) {
 		QPRINTK(qdev, DRV, ERR, "reset FAILED!\n");
+		set_bit(QL_EEH_FATAL, &qdev->flags);
 		return PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT;
 	}