#define CPORT_FLAGS_CSD_N       (2)
 #define CPORT_FLAGS_CSV_N       (4)
 
+enum gb_svc_state {
+       GB_SVC_STATE_RESET,
+       GB_SVC_STATE_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+       GB_SVC_STATE_SVC_HELLO,
+};
+
 struct gb_svc {
        struct gb_connection    *connection;
+       enum gb_svc_state       state;
 };
 
 struct svc_hotplug {
        u8 interface_id;
        int ret;
 
-       /* Hello message should be received only during early bootup */
-       WARN_ON(hd->initial_svc_connection != connection);
-
        /*
         * SVC sends information about the endo and interface-id on the hello
         * request, use that to create an endo.
 
 static int gb_svc_request_recv(u8 type, struct gb_operation *op)
 {
+       struct gb_connection *connection = op->connection;
+       struct gb_svc *svc = connection->private;
+       int ret = 0;
+
+       /*
+        * SVC requests need to follow a specific order (at least initially) and
+        * below code takes care of enforcing that. The expected order is:
+        * - PROTOCOL_VERSION
+        * - SVC_HELLO
+        * - Any other request, but the earlier two.
+        *
+        * Incoming requests are guaranteed to be serialized and so we don't
+        * need to protect 'state' for any races.
+        */
        switch (type) {
        case GB_REQUEST_TYPE_PROTOCOL_VERSION:
-               return gb_svc_version_request(op);
+               if (svc->state != GB_SVC_STATE_RESET)
+                       ret = -EINVAL;
+               break;
        case GB_SVC_TYPE_SVC_HELLO:
-               return gb_svc_hello(op);
+               if (svc->state != GB_SVC_STATE_PROTOCOL_VERSION)
+                       ret = -EINVAL;
+               break;
+       default:
+               if (svc->state != GB_SVC_STATE_SVC_HELLO)
+                       ret = -EINVAL;
+               break;
+       }
+
+       if (ret) {
+               dev_warn(&connection->dev,
+                        "unexpected SVC request 0x%02x received (state %u)\n",
+                        type, svc->state);
+               return ret;
+       }
+
+       switch (type) {
+       case GB_REQUEST_TYPE_PROTOCOL_VERSION:
+               ret = gb_svc_version_request(op);
+               if (!ret)
+                       svc->state = GB_SVC_STATE_PROTOCOL_VERSION;
+               return ret;
+       case GB_SVC_TYPE_SVC_HELLO:
+               ret = gb_svc_hello(op);
+               if (!ret)
+                       svc->state = GB_SVC_STATE_SVC_HELLO;
+               return ret;
        case GB_SVC_TYPE_INTF_HOTPLUG:
                return gb_svc_intf_hotplug_recv(op);
        case GB_SVC_TYPE_INTF_HOT_UNPLUG:
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        connection->hd->svc = svc;
+       svc->state = GB_SVC_STATE_RESET;
        svc->connection = connection;
        connection->private = svc;