if (adapter->state != VNIC_CLOSED) {
                rc = ibmvnic_login(netdev);
                if (rc)
-                       return rc;
+                       goto out;
 
                rc = init_resources(adapter);
                if (rc) {
                        netdev_err(netdev, "failed to initialize resources\n");
                        release_resources(adapter);
-                       return rc;
+                       goto out;
                }
        }
 
        rc = __ibmvnic_open(netdev);
 
+out:
+       /*
+        * If open fails due to a pending failover, set device state and
+        * return. Device operation will be handled by reset routine.
+        */
+       if (rc && adapter->failover_pending) {
+               adapter->state = VNIC_OPEN;
+               rc = 0;
+       }
        return rc;
 }
 
                   rwi->reset_reason);
 
        rtnl_lock();
+       /*
+        * Now that we have the rtnl lock, clear any pending failover.
+        * This will ensure ibmvnic_open() has either completed or will
+        * block until failover is complete.
+        */
+       if (rwi->reset_reason == VNIC_RESET_FAILOVER)
+               adapter->failover_pending = false;
 
        netif_carrier_off(netdev);
        adapter->reset_reason = rwi->reset_reason;
                        /* CHANGE_PARAM requestor holds rtnl_lock */
                        rc = do_change_param_reset(adapter, rwi, reset_state);
                } else if (adapter->force_reset_recovery) {
+                       /*
+                        * Since we are doing a hard reset now, clear the
+                        * failover_pending flag so we don't ignore any
+                        * future MOBILITY or other resets.
+                        */
+                       adapter->failover_pending = false;
+
                        /* Transport event occurred during previous reset */
                        if (adapter->wait_for_reset) {
                                /* Previous was CHANGE_PARAM; caller locked */
        unsigned long flags;
        int ret;
 
+       /*
+        * If failover is pending don't schedule any other reset.
+        * Instead let the failover complete. If there is already a
+        * a failover reset scheduled, we will detect and drop the
+        * duplicate reset when walking the ->rwi_list below.
+        */
        if (adapter->state == VNIC_REMOVING ||
            adapter->state == VNIC_REMOVED ||
-           adapter->failover_pending) {
+           (adapter->failover_pending && reason != VNIC_RESET_FAILOVER)) {
                ret = EBUSY;
                netdev_dbg(netdev, "Adapter removing or pending failover, skipping reset\n");
                goto err;
                case IBMVNIC_CRQ_INIT:
                        dev_info(dev, "Partner initialized\n");
                        adapter->from_passive_init = true;
-                       adapter->failover_pending = false;
                        if (!completion_done(&adapter->init_done)) {
                                complete(&adapter->init_done);
                                adapter->init_done_rc = -EIO;