diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c
index d60a2ea3da192a203a18cda07251c3e2ee60ab42..12ef8e1a2dad3837fd192d7d9df17f7f12d86d39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c
@@ -3715,7 +3715,6 @@ static void bnx2x_warpcore_enable_AN_KR(struct bnx2x_phy *phy,
 					struct link_params *params,
 					struct link_vars *vars) {
 	u16 lane, i, cl72_ctrl, an_adv = 0;
-	u16 ucode_ver;
 	struct bnx2x *bp = params->bp;
 	static struct bnx2x_reg_set reg_set[] = {
 		{MDIO_WC_DEVAD, MDIO_WC_REG_SERDESDIGITAL_CONTROL1000X2, 0x7},
@@ -3806,15 +3805,7 @@ static void bnx2x_warpcore_enable_AN_KR(struct bnx2x_phy *phy,
 
 	/* Advertise pause */
 	bnx2x_ext_phy_set_pause(params, phy, vars);
-	/* Set KR Autoneg Work-Around flag for Warpcore version older than D108
-	 */
-	bnx2x_cl45_read(bp, phy, MDIO_WC_DEVAD,
-			MDIO_WC_REG_UC_INFO_B1_VERSION, &ucode_ver);
-	if (ucode_ver < 0xd108) {
-		DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "Enable AN KR work-around. WC ver:0x%x\n",
-			       ucode_ver);
-		vars->rx_tx_asic_rst = MAX_KR_LINK_RETRY;
-	}
+	vars->rx_tx_asic_rst = MAX_KR_LINK_RETRY;
 	bnx2x_cl45_read_or_write(bp, phy, MDIO_WC_DEVAD,
 				 MDIO_WC_REG_DIGITAL5_MISC7, 0x100);
 
@@ -4347,20 +4338,14 @@ static void bnx2x_warpcore_config_runtime(struct bnx2x_phy *phy,
 	struct bnx2x *bp = params->bp;
 	u32 serdes_net_if;
 	u16 gp_status1 = 0, lnkup = 0, lnkup_kr = 0;
-	u16 lane = bnx2x_get_warpcore_lane(phy, params);
 
 	vars->turn_to_run_wc_rt = vars->turn_to_run_wc_rt ? 0 : 1;
 
 	if (!vars->turn_to_run_wc_rt)
 		return;
 
-	/* Return if there is no link partner */
-	if (!(bnx2x_warpcore_get_sigdet(phy, params))) {
-		DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "bnx2x_warpcore_get_sigdet false\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
 	if (vars->rx_tx_asic_rst) {
+		u16 lane = bnx2x_get_warpcore_lane(phy, params);
 		serdes_net_if = (REG_RD(bp, params->shmem_base +
 				offsetof(struct shmem_region, dev_info.
 				port_hw_config[params->port].default_cfg)) &
@@ -4375,14 +4360,8 @@ static void bnx2x_warpcore_config_runtime(struct bnx2x_phy *phy,
 				/*10G KR*/
 			lnkup_kr = (gp_status1 >> (12+lane)) & 0x1;
 
-			DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK,
-				"gp_status1 0x%x\n", gp_status1);
-
 			if (lnkup_kr || lnkup) {
-					vars->rx_tx_asic_rst = 0;
-					DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK,
-					"link up, rx_tx_asic_rst 0x%x\n",
-					vars->rx_tx_asic_rst);
+				vars->rx_tx_asic_rst = 0;
 			} else {
 				/* Reset the lane to see if link comes up.*/
 				bnx2x_warpcore_reset_lane(bp, phy, 1);
@@ -5757,6 +5736,11 @@ static int bnx2x_warpcore_read_status(struct bnx2x_phy *phy,
 	rc = bnx2x_get_link_speed_duplex(phy, params, vars, link_up, gp_speed,
 					 duplex);
 
+	/* In case of KR link down, start up the recovering procedure */
+	if ((!link_up) && (phy->media_type == ETH_PHY_KR) &&
+	    (!(phy->flags & FLAGS_WC_DUAL_MODE)))
+		vars->rx_tx_asic_rst = MAX_KR_LINK_RETRY;
+
 	DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "duplex %x  flow_ctrl 0x%x link_status 0x%x\n",
 		   vars->duplex, vars->flow_ctrl, vars->link_status);
 	return rc;