static int thermal_init(struct hfi1_devdata *dd);
 
 static void update_statusp(struct hfi1_pportdata *ppd, u32 state);
+static int wait_phys_link_offline_substates(struct hfi1_pportdata *ppd,
+                                           int msecs);
 static int wait_logical_linkstate(struct hfi1_pportdata *ppd, u32 state,
                                  int msecs);
 static void log_state_transition(struct hfi1_pportdata *ppd, u32 state);
 {
        struct hfi1_devdata *dd = ppd->dd;
        u32 previous_state;
+       int offline_state_ret;
        int ret;
 
        update_lcb_cache(dd);
                ppd->offline_disabled_reason =
                HFI1_ODR_MASK(OPA_LINKDOWN_REASON_TRANSIENT);
 
-       /*
-        * Wait for offline transition. It can take a while for
-        * the link to go down.
-        */
-       ret = wait_physical_linkstate(ppd, PLS_OFFLINE, 10000);
-       if (ret < 0)
-               return ret;
-
-       /*
-        * Now in charge of LCB - must be after the physical state is
-        * offline.quiet and before host_link_state is changed.
-        */
-       set_host_lcb_access(dd);
-       write_csr(dd, DC_LCB_ERR_EN, ~0ull); /* watch LCB errors */
-
-       /* make sure the logical state is also down */
-       ret = wait_logical_linkstate(ppd, IB_PORT_DOWN, 1000);
-       if (ret)
-               force_logical_link_state_down(ppd);
-
-       ppd->host_link_state = HLS_LINK_COOLDOWN; /* LCB access allowed */
+       offline_state_ret = wait_phys_link_offline_substates(ppd, 10000);
+       if (offline_state_ret < 0)
+               return offline_state_ret;
 
+       /* Disabling AOC transmitters */
        if (ppd->port_type == PORT_TYPE_QSFP &&
            ppd->qsfp_info.limiting_active &&
            qsfp_mod_present(ppd)) {
                }
        }
 
+       /*
+        * Wait for the offline.Quiet transition if it hasn't happened yet. It
+        * can take a while for the link to go down.
+        */
+       if (offline_state_ret != PLS_OFFLINE_QUIET) {
+               ret = wait_physical_linkstate(ppd, PLS_OFFLINE, 30000);
+               if (ret < 0)
+                       return ret;
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * Now in charge of LCB - must be after the physical state is
+        * offline.quiet and before host_link_state is changed.
+        */
+       set_host_lcb_access(dd);
+       write_csr(dd, DC_LCB_ERR_EN, ~0ull); /* watch LCB errors */
+
+       /* make sure the logical state is also down */
+       ret = wait_logical_linkstate(ppd, IB_PORT_DOWN, 1000);
+       if (ret)
+               force_logical_link_state_down(ppd);
+
+       ppd->host_link_state = HLS_LINK_COOLDOWN; /* LCB access allowed */
+
        /*
         * The LNI has a mandatory wait time after the physical state
         * moves to Offline.Quiet.  The wait time may be different
        return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * wait_phys_link_offline_quiet_substates - wait for any offline substate
+ * @ppd: port device
+ * @msecs: the number of milliseconds to wait
+ *
+ * Wait up to msecs milliseconds for any offline physical link
+ * state change to occur.
+ * Returns 0 if at least one state is reached, otherwise -ETIMEDOUT.
+ */
+static int wait_phys_link_offline_substates(struct hfi1_pportdata *ppd,
+                                           int msecs)
+{
+       u32 read_state;
+       unsigned long timeout;
+
+       timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(msecs);
+       while (1) {
+               read_state = read_physical_state(ppd->dd);
+               if ((read_state & 0xF0) == PLS_OFFLINE)
+                       break;
+               if (time_after(jiffies, timeout)) {
+                       dd_dev_err(ppd->dd,
+                                  "timeout waiting for phy link offline.quiet substates. Read state 0x%x, %dms\n",
+                                  read_state, msecs);
+                       return -ETIMEDOUT;
+               }
+               usleep_range(1950, 2050); /* sleep 2ms-ish */
+       }
+
+       log_state_transition(ppd, read_state);
+       return read_state;
+}
+
 #define CLEAR_STATIC_RATE_CONTROL_SMASK(r) \
 (r &= ~SEND_CTXT_CHECK_ENABLE_DISALLOW_PBC_STATIC_RATE_CONTROL_SMASK)