diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
index c7ee63d6967983d77087a9dcdda2638b683afcf1..8445a0cce849c0c8781a14dc5f11874cba1a53a5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
@@ -2016,21 +2016,19 @@ static int bnxt_flash_package_from_file(struct net_device *dev,
 	mutex_lock(&bp->hwrm_cmd_lock);
 	hwrm_err = _hwrm_send_message(bp, &install, sizeof(install),
 				      INSTALL_PACKAGE_TIMEOUT);
-	if (hwrm_err)
-		goto flash_pkg_exit;
-
-	if (resp->error_code) {
+	if (hwrm_err) {
 		u8 error_code = ((struct hwrm_err_output *)resp)->cmd_err;
 
-		if (error_code == NVM_INSTALL_UPDATE_CMD_ERR_CODE_FRAG_ERR) {
+		if (resp->error_code && error_code ==
+		    NVM_INSTALL_UPDATE_CMD_ERR_CODE_FRAG_ERR) {
 			install.flags |= cpu_to_le16(
 			       NVM_INSTALL_UPDATE_REQ_FLAGS_ALLOWED_TO_DEFRAG);
 			hwrm_err = _hwrm_send_message(bp, &install,
 						      sizeof(install),
 						      INSTALL_PACKAGE_TIMEOUT);
-			if (hwrm_err)
-				goto flash_pkg_exit;
 		}
+		if (hwrm_err)
+			goto flash_pkg_exit;
 	}
 
 	if (resp->result) {