static irqreturn_t ixgbevf_msix_other(int irq, void *data)
 {
        struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter = data;
+       struct pci_dev *pdev = adapter->pdev;
        struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+       u32 msg;
+       bool got_ack = false;
 
        hw->mac.get_link_status = 1;
+       if (!hw->mbx.ops.check_for_ack(hw))
+               got_ack = true;
 
-       if (!test_bit(__IXGBEVF_DOWN, &adapter->state))
-               mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, jiffies);
+       if (!hw->mbx.ops.check_for_msg(hw)) {
+               hw->mbx.ops.read(hw, &msg, 1);
+
+               if ((msg & IXGBE_MBVFICR_VFREQ_MASK) == IXGBE_PF_CONTROL_MSG)
+                       mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer,
+                                 round_jiffies(jiffies + 1));
+
+               if (msg & IXGBE_VT_MSGTYPE_NACK)
+                       dev_info(&pdev->dev,
+                                "Last Request of type %2.2x to PF Nacked\n",
+                                msg & 0xFF);
+               hw->mbx.v2p_mailbox |= IXGBE_VFMAILBOX_PFSTS;
+       }
+
+       /* checking for the ack clears the PFACK bit.  Place
+        * it back in the v2p_mailbox cache so that anyone
+        * polling for an ack will not miss it
+        */
+       if (got_ack)
+               hw->mbx.v2p_mailbox |= IXGBE_VFMAILBOX_PFACK;
 
        IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VTEIMS, adapter->eims_other);