int be_cmd_POST(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 {
-       u16 stage, error;
+       u16 stage;
+       int status, timeout = 0;
 
-       error = be_POST_stage_get(adapter, &stage);
-       if (error || stage != POST_STAGE_ARMFW_RDY) {
-               dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev, "POST failed.\n");
-               return -1;
-       }
+       do {
+               status = be_POST_stage_get(adapter, &stage);
+               if (status) {
+                       dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev, "POST error; stage=0x%x\n",
+                               stage);
+                       return -1;
+               } else if (stage != POST_STAGE_ARMFW_RDY) {
+                       set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+                       schedule_timeout(2 * HZ);
+                       timeout += 2;
+               } else {
+                       return 0;
+               }
+       } while (timeout < 20);
 
-       return 0;
+       dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev, "POST timeout; stage=0x%x\n", stage);
+       return -1;
 }
 
 static inline void *embedded_payload(struct be_mcc_wrb *wrb)
 
        if (status)
                return status;
 
+       status = be_cmd_reset_function(adapter);
+       if (status)
+               return status;
+
        status = be_cmd_get_fw_ver(adapter, adapter->fw_ver);
        if (status)
                return status;
        if (status)
                goto free_netdev;
 
-       status = be_cmd_reset_function(adapter);
-       if (status)
-               goto ctrl_clean;
-
        status = be_stats_init(adapter);
        if (status)
                goto ctrl_clean;