* spider_net_download_firmware loads the firmware opened by
  * spider_net_init_firmware into the adapter.
  */
-static void
+static int
 spider_net_download_firmware(struct spider_net_card *card,
                             const struct firmware *firmware)
 {
                }
        }
 
+       if (spider_net_read_reg(card, SPIDER_NET_GSINIT))
+               return -EIO;
+
        spider_net_write_reg(card, SPIDER_NET_GSINIT,
                             SPIDER_NET_RUN_SEQ_VALUE);
+
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /**
                goto out;
        }
 
-       spider_net_download_firmware(card, firmware);
-
-       err = 0;
+       if (!spider_net_download_firmware(card, firmware))
+               err = 0;
 out:
        release_firmware(firmware);