diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
index a40b8f37d48fb701014e553f059f61b10a017d01..4fa31d87d9d2817baf4d7321943534a66102e741 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
@@ -1208,6 +1208,29 @@ static enum i40e_media_type i40e_get_media_type(struct i40e_hw *hw)
 	return media;
 }
 
+/**
+ * i40e_poll_globr - Poll for Global Reset completion
+ * @hw: pointer to the hardware structure
+ * @retry_limit: how many times to retry before failure
+ **/
+static i40e_status i40e_poll_globr(struct i40e_hw *hw,
+				   u32 retry_limit)
+{
+	u32 cnt, reg = 0;
+
+	for (cnt = 0; cnt < retry_limit; cnt++) {
+		reg = rd32(hw, I40E_GLGEN_RSTAT);
+		if (!(reg & I40E_GLGEN_RSTAT_DEVSTATE_MASK))
+			return 0;
+		msleep(100);
+	}
+
+	hw_dbg(hw, "Global reset failed.\n");
+	hw_dbg(hw, "I40E_GLGEN_RSTAT = 0x%x\n", reg);
+
+	return I40E_ERR_RESET_FAILED;
+}
+
 #define I40E_PF_RESET_WAIT_COUNT_A0	200
 #define I40E_PF_RESET_WAIT_COUNT	200
 /**
@@ -1284,14 +1307,14 @@ i40e_status i40e_pf_reset(struct i40e_hw *hw)
 			if (!(reg & I40E_PFGEN_CTRL_PFSWR_MASK))
 				break;
 			reg2 = rd32(hw, I40E_GLGEN_RSTAT);
-			if (reg2 & I40E_GLGEN_RSTAT_DEVSTATE_MASK) {
-				hw_dbg(hw, "Core reset upcoming. Skipping PF reset request.\n");
-				hw_dbg(hw, "I40E_GLGEN_RSTAT = 0x%x\n", reg2);
-				return I40E_ERR_NOT_READY;
-			}
+			if (reg2 & I40E_GLGEN_RSTAT_DEVSTATE_MASK)
+				break;
 			usleep_range(1000, 2000);
 		}
-		if (reg & I40E_PFGEN_CTRL_PFSWR_MASK) {
+		if (reg2 & I40E_GLGEN_RSTAT_DEVSTATE_MASK) {
+			if (i40e_poll_globr(hw, grst_del))
+				return I40E_ERR_RESET_FAILED;
+		} else if (reg & I40E_PFGEN_CTRL_PFSWR_MASK) {
 			hw_dbg(hw, "PF reset polling failed to complete.\n");
 			return I40E_ERR_RESET_FAILED;
 		}