diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c
index 77ebae0ac64aa9a4e681a506129c5a835d85ef4e..0283f343b0d1efd82be8f7fcb8b392823d0111e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c
@@ -13437,13 +13437,7 @@ static void bnx2x_check_kr2_wa(struct link_params *params,
 {
 	struct bnx2x *bp = params->bp;
 	u16 base_page, next_page, not_kr2_device, lane;
-	int sigdet = bnx2x_warpcore_get_sigdet(phy, params);
-
-	if (!sigdet) {
-		if (!(vars->link_attr_sync & LINK_ATTR_SYNC_KR2_ENABLE))
-			bnx2x_kr2_recovery(params, vars, phy);
-		return;
-	}
+	int sigdet;
 
 	/* Once KR2 was disabled, wait 5 seconds before checking KR2 recovery
 	 * since some switches tend to reinit the AN process and clear the
@@ -13454,6 +13448,16 @@ static void bnx2x_check_kr2_wa(struct link_params *params,
 		vars->check_kr2_recovery_cnt--;
 		return;
 	}
+
+	sigdet = bnx2x_warpcore_get_sigdet(phy, params);
+	if (!sigdet) {
+		if (!(vars->link_attr_sync & LINK_ATTR_SYNC_KR2_ENABLE)) {
+			bnx2x_kr2_recovery(params, vars, phy);
+			DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "No sigdet\n");
+		}
+		return;
+	}
+
 	lane = bnx2x_get_warpcore_lane(phy, params);
 	CL22_WR_OVER_CL45(bp, phy, MDIO_REG_BANK_AER_BLOCK,
 			  MDIO_AER_BLOCK_AER_REG, lane);