if (ixgbe_removed(reg_addr))
                return IXGBE_FAILED_READ_REG;
+       if (unlikely(hw->phy.nw_mng_if_sel &
+                    IXGBE_NW_MNG_IF_SEL_ENABLE_10_100M)) {
+               struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter;
+               int i;
+
+               for (i = 0; i < 200; ++i) {
+                       value = readl(reg_addr + IXGBE_MAC_SGMII_BUSY);
+                       if (likely(!value))
+                               goto writes_completed;
+                       if (value == IXGBE_FAILED_READ_REG) {
+                               ixgbe_remove_adapter(hw);
+                               return IXGBE_FAILED_READ_REG;
+                       }
+                       udelay(5);
+               }
+
+               adapter = hw->back;
+               e_warn(hw, "register writes incomplete %08x\n", value);
+       }
+
+writes_completed:
        value = readl(reg_addr + reg);
        if (unlikely(value == IXGBE_FAILED_READ_REG))
                ixgbe_check_remove(hw, reg);
 
 #define IXGBE_XPCSS     0x04290
 #define IXGBE_MFLCN     0x04294
 #define IXGBE_SERDESC   0x04298
+#define IXGBE_MAC_SGMII_BUSY 0x04298
 #define IXGBE_MACS      0x0429C
 #define IXGBE_AUTOC     0x042A0
 #define IXGBE_LINKS     0x042A4