diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
index 62a22cfae20e77cac3cc468c88c157d07dd60c27..3b708606b9329bd4b8750d29766b8c9c51523c34 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
@@ -281,6 +281,12 @@ qla2x00_sysfs_write_optrom_ctl(struct kobject *kobj,
 			return count;
 		}
 
+		if (qla2x00_wait_for_hba_online(vha) != QLA_SUCCESS) {
+			qla_printk(KERN_WARNING, ha,
+				"HBA not online, failing NVRAM update.\n");
+			return -EAGAIN;
+		}
+
 		DEBUG2(qla_printk(KERN_INFO, ha,
 		    "Reading flash region -- 0x%x/0x%x.\n",
 		    ha->optrom_region_start, ha->optrom_region_size));
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index 5104aefdc7e6c38c38be281489570286488cc8ab..0de92d3766774610515007ab5240146832eae6ff 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -676,6 +676,50 @@ qla2x00_wait_for_hba_online(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 	return (return_status);
 }
 
+/*
+ * qla2x00_wait_for_reset_ready
+ *    Wait till the HBA is online after going through
+ *    <= MAX_RETRIES_OF_ISP_ABORT  or
+ *    finally HBA is disabled ie marked offline or flash
+ *    operations are in progress.
+ *
+ * Input:
+ *     ha - pointer to host adapter structure
+ *
+ * Note:
+ *    Does context switching-Release SPIN_LOCK
+ *    (if any) before calling this routine.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *    Success (Adapter is online/no flash ops) : 0
+ *    Failed  (Adapter is offline/disabled/flash ops in progress) : 1
+ */
+int
+qla2x00_wait_for_reset_ready(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
+{
+	int		return_status;
+	unsigned long	wait_online;
+	struct qla_hw_data *ha = vha->hw;
+	scsi_qla_host_t *base_vha = pci_get_drvdata(ha->pdev);
+
+	wait_online = jiffies + (MAX_LOOP_TIMEOUT * HZ);
+	while (((test_bit(ISP_ABORT_NEEDED, &base_vha->dpc_flags)) ||
+	    test_bit(ABORT_ISP_ACTIVE, &base_vha->dpc_flags) ||
+	    test_bit(ISP_ABORT_RETRY, &base_vha->dpc_flags) ||
+	    ha->optrom_state != QLA_SWAITING ||
+	    ha->dpc_active) && time_before(jiffies, wait_online))
+		msleep(1000);
+
+	if (base_vha->flags.online &&  ha->optrom_state == QLA_SWAITING)
+		return_status = QLA_SUCCESS;
+	else
+		return_status = QLA_FUNCTION_FAILED;
+
+	DEBUG2(printk("%s return_status=%d\n", __func__, return_status));
+
+	return return_status;
+}
+
 int
 qla2x00_wait_for_chip_reset(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 {
@@ -1081,7 +1125,7 @@ qla2xxx_eh_host_reset(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	qla_printk(KERN_INFO, ha,
 	    "scsi(%ld:%d:%d): ADAPTER RESET ISSUED.\n", vha->host_no, id, lun);
 
-	if (qla2x00_wait_for_hba_online(vha) != QLA_SUCCESS)
+	if (qla2x00_wait_for_reset_ready(vha) != QLA_SUCCESS)
 		goto eh_host_reset_lock;
 
 	/*