static int __devinit hpsa_pci_find_memory_BAR(struct pci_dev *pdev,
        unsigned long *memory_bar);
 static int __devinit hpsa_lookup_board_id(struct pci_dev *pdev, u32 *board_id);
+static int __devinit hpsa_wait_for_board_state(struct pci_dev *pdev,
+       void __iomem *vaddr, int wait_for_ready);
+#define BOARD_NOT_READY 0
+#define BOARD_READY 1
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(raid_level, S_IRUGO, raid_level_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(lunid, S_IRUGO, lunid_show, NULL);
           need a little pause here */
        msleep(HPSA_POST_RESET_PAUSE_MSECS);
 
+       /* Wait for board to become not ready, then ready. */
+       dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Waiting for board to become ready.\n");
+       rc = hpsa_wait_for_board_state(pdev, vaddr, BOARD_NOT_READY);
+       if (rc)
+               dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
+                       "failed waiting for board to become not ready\n");
+       rc = hpsa_wait_for_board_state(pdev, vaddr, BOARD_READY);
+       if (rc) {
+               dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
+                       "failed waiting for board to become ready\n");
+               goto unmap_cfgtable;
+       }
+       dev_info(&pdev->dev, "board ready.\n");
+
        /* Controller should be in simple mode at this point.  If it's not,
         * It means we're on one of those controllers which doesn't support
         * the doorbell reset method and on which the PCI power management reset
        return -ENODEV;
 }
 
-static int __devinit hpsa_wait_for_board_ready(struct ctlr_info *h)
+static int __devinit hpsa_wait_for_board_state(struct pci_dev *pdev,
+       void __iomem *vaddr, int wait_for_ready)
 {
-       int i;
+       int i, iterations;
        u32 scratchpad;
+       if (wait_for_ready)
+               iterations = HPSA_BOARD_READY_ITERATIONS;
+       else
+               iterations = HPSA_BOARD_NOT_READY_ITERATIONS;
 
-       for (i = 0; i < HPSA_BOARD_READY_ITERATIONS; i++) {
-               scratchpad = readl(h->vaddr + SA5_SCRATCHPAD_OFFSET);
-               if (scratchpad == HPSA_FIRMWARE_READY)
-                       return 0;
+       for (i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
+               scratchpad = readl(vaddr + SA5_SCRATCHPAD_OFFSET);
+               if (wait_for_ready) {
+                       if (scratchpad == HPSA_FIRMWARE_READY)
+                               return 0;
+               } else {
+                       if (scratchpad != HPSA_FIRMWARE_READY)
+                               return 0;
+               }
                msleep(HPSA_BOARD_READY_POLL_INTERVAL_MSECS);
        }
-       dev_warn(&h->pdev->dev, "board not ready, timed out.\n");
+       dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "board not ready, timed out.\n");
        return -ENODEV;
 }
 
                err = -ENOMEM;
                goto err_out_free_res;
        }
-       err = hpsa_wait_for_board_ready(h);
+       err = hpsa_wait_for_board_state(h->pdev, h->vaddr, BOARD_READY);
        if (err)
                goto err_out_free_res;
        err = hpsa_find_cfgtables(h);
 
  * HPSA_BOARD_READY_ITERATIONS are derived from those.
  */
 #define HPSA_BOARD_READY_WAIT_SECS (120)
+#define HPSA_BOARD_NOT_READY_WAIT_SECS (10)
 #define HPSA_BOARD_READY_POLL_INTERVAL_MSECS (100)
 #define HPSA_BOARD_READY_POLL_INTERVAL \
        ((HPSA_BOARD_READY_POLL_INTERVAL_MSECS * HZ) / 1000)
 #define HPSA_BOARD_READY_ITERATIONS \
        ((HPSA_BOARD_READY_WAIT_SECS * 1000) / \
                HPSA_BOARD_READY_POLL_INTERVAL_MSECS)
+#define HPSA_BOARD_NOT_READY_ITERATIONS \
+       ((HPSA_BOARD_NOT_READY_WAIT_SECS * 1000) / \
+               HPSA_BOARD_READY_POLL_INTERVAL_MSECS)
 #define HPSA_POST_RESET_PAUSE_MSECS (3000)
 #define HPSA_POST_RESET_NOOP_RETRIES (12)