compl_status = (compl->status >> CQE_STATUS_COMPL_SHIFT) &
                                CQE_STATUS_COMPL_MASK;
+
+       if ((compl->tag0 == OPCODE_COMMON_WRITE_FLASHROM) &&
+               (compl->tag1 == CMD_SUBSYSTEM_COMMON)) {
+               adapter->flash_status = compl_status;
+               complete(&adapter->flash_compl);
+       }
+
        if (compl_status == MCC_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
                if (compl->tag0 == OPCODE_ETH_GET_STATISTICS) {
                        struct be_cmd_resp_get_stats *resp =
        int status;
 
        spin_lock_bh(&adapter->mcc_lock);
+       adapter->flash_status = 0;
 
        wrb = wrb_from_mccq(adapter);
        if (!wrb) {
 
        be_wrb_hdr_prepare(wrb, cmd->size, false, 1,
                        OPCODE_COMMON_WRITE_FLASHROM);
+       wrb->tag1 = CMD_SUBSYSTEM_COMMON;
 
        be_cmd_hdr_prepare(&req->hdr, CMD_SUBSYSTEM_COMMON,
                OPCODE_COMMON_WRITE_FLASHROM, cmd->size);
        req->params.op_code = cpu_to_le32(flash_opcode);
        req->params.data_buf_size = cpu_to_le32(buf_size);
 
-       status = be_mcc_notify_wait(adapter);
+       be_mcc_notify(adapter);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->mcc_lock);
+
+       if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&adapter->flash_compl,
+                       msecs_to_jiffies(12000)))
+               status = -1;
+       else
+               status = adapter->flash_status;
 
 err:
-       spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->mcc_lock);
        return status;
 }