diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
index 89bece72ef664ef01a18dde714c6e121b99c062b..bab1cf12d1e9731dae69bacc07e0f24475ec2521 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
@@ -3141,6 +3141,7 @@ struct qla_hw_data {
 	uint32_t	fw_dump_len;
 	int		fw_dumped;
 	int		fw_dump_reading;
+	int		prev_minidump_failed;
 	dma_addr_t	eft_dma;
 	void		*eft;
 /* Current size of mctp dump is 0x086064 bytes */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
index 81388e9572379be1ff4552ccfe0b77e6aca94f75..3c5819ae451ba2e038c75ed9d08755b5e83ade4a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
@@ -3142,18 +3142,18 @@ qla82xx_check_md_needed(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 
 	if (ql2xmdenable) {
 		if (!ha->fw_dumped) {
-			if (fw_major_version != ha->fw_major_version ||
+			if ((fw_major_version != ha->fw_major_version ||
 			    fw_minor_version != ha->fw_minor_version ||
-			    fw_subminor_version != ha->fw_subminor_version) {
+			    fw_subminor_version != ha->fw_subminor_version) ||
+			    (ha->prev_minidump_failed)) {
 				ql_dbg(ql_dbg_p3p, vha, 0xb02d,
-				    "Firmware version differs "
-				    "Previous version: %d:%d:%d - "
-				    "New version: %d:%d:%d\n",
+				    "Firmware version differs Previous version: %d:%d:%d - New version: %d:%d:%d, prev_minidump_failed: %d.\n",
 				    fw_major_version, fw_minor_version,
 				    fw_subminor_version,
 				    ha->fw_major_version,
 				    ha->fw_minor_version,
-				    ha->fw_subminor_version);
+				    ha->fw_subminor_version,
+				    ha->prev_minidump_failed);
 				/* Release MiniDump resources */
 				qla82xx_md_free(vha);
 				/* ALlocate MiniDump resources */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx2.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx2.c
index e381835a10b42fd2829b51be7fca400b1d6d86a6..d36a62377c098b075b82650de7a900fa5f456be9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx2.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx2.c
@@ -3125,6 +3125,7 @@ qla8044_collect_md_data(struct scsi_qla_host *vha)
 		    "Dump data mismatch: Data collected: "
 		    "[0x%x], total_data_size:[0x%x]\n",
 		    data_collected, ha->md_dump_size);
+		rval = QLA_FUNCTION_FAILED;
 		goto md_failed;
 	}
 
@@ -3149,10 +3150,12 @@ qla8044_get_minidump(struct scsi_qla_host *vha)
 
 	if (!qla8044_collect_md_data(vha)) {
 		ha->fw_dumped = 1;
+		ha->prev_minidump_failed = 0;
 	} else {
 		ql_log(ql_log_fatal, vha, 0xb0db,
 		    "%s: Unable to collect minidump\n",
 		    __func__);
+		ha->prev_minidump_failed = 1;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index 1b1cd75a7aa044d436362faeda31e8a5647ed210..0114ea4e87cd991979b5dd677fd6a45bce1a3145 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -2885,6 +2885,7 @@ qla2x00_probe_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 
 	base_vha->flags.init_done = 1;
 	base_vha->flags.online = 1;
+	ha->prev_minidump_failed = 0;
 
 	ql_dbg(ql_dbg_init, base_vha, 0x00f2,
 	    "Init done and hba is online.\n");