diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic.h
index 084a924431d5f7465ef577786f47a1b539de6f1d..18e92103c71172efdd81ecbceff8439ba34a086e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic.h
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ struct ionic_admin_ctx {
 	union ionic_adminq_comp comp;
 };
 
+int ionic_adminq_post(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx);
+int ionic_adminq_wait(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx, int err);
 int ionic_adminq_post_wait(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx);
 int ionic_dev_cmd_wait(struct ionic *ionic, unsigned long max_wait);
 int ionic_set_dma_mask(struct ionic *ionic);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
index c4b2906a2ae67cf9d280706ecd2e63666ac59bf6..8c27fbe0e3121c81a76c4e629451634b065efb87 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static void ionic_adminq_cb(struct ionic_queue *q,
 	complete_all(&ctx->work);
 }
 
-static int ionic_adminq_post(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx)
+int ionic_adminq_post(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct ionic_desc_info *desc_info;
 	unsigned long irqflags;
@@ -295,14 +295,12 @@ static int ionic_adminq_post(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx)
 	return err;
 }
 
-int ionic_adminq_post_wait(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx)
+int ionic_adminq_wait(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx, int err)
 {
 	struct net_device *netdev = lif->netdev;
 	unsigned long remaining;
 	const char *name;
-	int err;
 
-	err = ionic_adminq_post(lif, ctx);
 	if (err) {
 		if (!test_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_FW_RESET, lif->state)) {
 			name = ionic_opcode_to_str(ctx->cmd.cmd.opcode);
@@ -317,6 +315,15 @@ int ionic_adminq_post_wait(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx)
 	return ionic_adminq_check_err(lif, ctx, (remaining == 0));
 }
 
+int ionic_adminq_post_wait(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = ionic_adminq_post(lif, ctx);
+
+	return ionic_adminq_wait(lif, ctx, err);
+}
+
 static void ionic_dev_cmd_clean(struct ionic *ionic)
 {
 	union __iomem ionic_dev_cmd_regs *regs = ionic->idev.dev_cmd_regs;