diff --git a/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic.h b/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
index 9c2a02d204dc5435e585359ae62373937e7e61d8..14b6322aeee1619593a9e7f1fdd612cf4eb89663 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
@@ -289,6 +289,26 @@ struct uni_data_desc{
 	u32	reserved[5];
 };
 
+/* Flash Defines and Structures */
+#define QLCNIC_FLT_LOCATION	0x3F1000
+#define QLCNIC_FW_IMAGE_REGION	0x74
+struct qlcnic_flt_header {
+	u16 version;
+	u16 len;
+	u16 checksum;
+	u16 reserved;
+};
+
+struct qlcnic_flt_entry {
+	u8 region;
+	u8 reserved0;
+	u8 attrib;
+	u8 reserved1;
+	u32 size;
+	u32 start_addr;
+	u32 end_add;
+};
+
 /* Magic number to let user know flash is programmed */
 #define	QLCNIC_BDINFO_MAGIC 0x12345678
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_init.c b/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_init.c
index 9b9c7c39d3ee8929fd1495f1644fcc09929dd19f..a7f1d5b7e8116eda7f718391bb40978b0bda9165 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_init.c
@@ -627,12 +627,73 @@ qlcnic_setup_idc_param(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int qlcnic_get_flt_entry(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter, u8 region,
+				struct qlcnic_flt_entry *region_entry)
+{
+	struct qlcnic_flt_header flt_hdr;
+	struct qlcnic_flt_entry *flt_entry;
+	int i = 0, ret;
+	u32 entry_size;
+
+	memset(region_entry, 0, sizeof(struct qlcnic_flt_entry));
+	ret = qlcnic_rom_fast_read_words(adapter, QLCNIC_FLT_LOCATION,
+					 (u8 *)&flt_hdr,
+					 sizeof(struct qlcnic_flt_header));
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev,
+			 "error reading flash layout header\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	entry_size = flt_hdr.len - sizeof(struct qlcnic_flt_header);
+	flt_entry = (struct qlcnic_flt_entry *)vzalloc(entry_size);
+	if (flt_entry == NULL) {
+		dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "error allocating memory\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	ret = qlcnic_rom_fast_read_words(adapter, QLCNIC_FLT_LOCATION +
+					 sizeof(struct qlcnic_flt_header),
+					 (u8 *)flt_entry, entry_size);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev,
+			 "error reading flash layout entries\n");
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	while (i < (entry_size/sizeof(struct qlcnic_flt_entry))) {
+		if (flt_entry[i].region == region)
+			break;
+		i++;
+	}
+	if (i >= (entry_size/sizeof(struct qlcnic_flt_entry))) {
+		dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev,
+			 "region=%x not found in %d regions\n", region, i);
+		ret = -EIO;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+	memcpy(region_entry, &flt_entry[i], sizeof(struct qlcnic_flt_entry));
+
+err_out:
+	vfree(flt_entry);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int
 qlcnic_check_flash_fw_ver(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
 {
+	struct qlcnic_flt_entry fw_entry;
 	u32 ver = -1, min_ver;
+	int ret;
 
-	qlcnic_rom_fast_read(adapter, QLCNIC_FW_VERSION_OFFSET, (int *)&ver);
+	ret = qlcnic_get_flt_entry(adapter, QLCNIC_FW_IMAGE_REGION, &fw_entry);
+	if (!ret)
+		/* 0-4:-signature,  4-8:-fw version */
+		qlcnic_rom_fast_read(adapter, fw_entry.start_addr + 4,
+				     (int *)&ver);
+	else
+		qlcnic_rom_fast_read(adapter, QLCNIC_FW_VERSION_OFFSET,
+				     (int *)&ver);
 
 	ver = QLCNIC_DECODE_VERSION(ver);
 	min_ver = QLCNIC_MIN_FW_VERSION;