diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
index 48318d0f088fb619c7a0c567693fbf0367c26638..8dd88fc1244a60e688ed9e18a217707ee3976905 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ qla2x00_sysfs_write_fw_dump(struct kobject *kobj,
 	case 2:
 		qla2x00_alloc_fw_dump(ha);
 		break;
+	case 3:
+		qla2x00_system_error(ha);
+		break;
 	}
 	return (count);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gbl.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gbl.h
index f8827068d30fb006165b2daccfd86f7d69d2f134..9b4bebee6879fe6f19bcaad2f3433338659b40b2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gbl.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gbl.h
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ extern int qla24xx_abort_command(scsi_qla_host_t *, srb_t *);
 extern int qla24xx_abort_target(struct fc_port *, unsigned int);
 extern int qla24xx_lun_reset(struct fc_port *, unsigned int);
 
+extern int
+qla2x00_system_error(scsi_qla_host_t *);
+
 extern int
 qla2x00_set_serdes_params(scsi_qla_host_t *, uint16_t, uint16_t, uint16_t);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c
index bf3a6f0b8ba2fbb405449dc868a80796ded7ad76..250d2f604397b02aca0840e5a8b4100f2378cb63 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c
@@ -2303,8 +2303,6 @@ qla24xx_lun_reset(struct fc_port *fcport, unsigned int l)
 	return __qla24xx_issue_tmf("Lun", TCF_LUN_RESET, fcport, l);
 }
 
-#if 0
-
 int
 qla2x00_system_error(scsi_qla_host_t *ha)
 {
@@ -2312,7 +2310,7 @@ qla2x00_system_error(scsi_qla_host_t *ha)
 	mbx_cmd_t mc;
 	mbx_cmd_t *mcp = &mc;
 
-	if (!IS_FWI2_CAPABLE(ha))
+	if (!IS_QLA23XX(ha) && !IS_FWI2_CAPABLE(ha))
 		return QLA_FUNCTION_FAILED;
 
 	DEBUG11(printk("%s(%ld): entered.\n", __func__, ha->host_no));
@@ -2334,8 +2332,6 @@ qla2x00_system_error(scsi_qla_host_t *ha)
 	return rval;
 }
 
-#endif  /*  0  */
-
 /**
  * qla2x00_set_serdes_params() -
  * @ha: HA context