ltb->map_id = adapter->map_id;
        adapter->map_id++;
 
+       mutex_lock(&adapter->fw_lock);
+       adapter->fw_done_rc = 0;
        reinit_completion(&adapter->fw_done);
        rc = send_request_map(adapter, ltb->addr,
                              ltb->size, ltb->map_id);
        if (rc) {
                dma_free_coherent(dev, ltb->size, ltb->buff, ltb->addr);
+               mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
                return rc;
        }
 
                        "Long term map request aborted or timed out,rc = %d\n",
                        rc);
                dma_free_coherent(dev, ltb->size, ltb->buff, ltb->addr);
+               mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
                return rc;
        }
 
                dev_err(dev, "Couldn't map long term buffer,rc = %d\n",
                        adapter->fw_done_rc);
                dma_free_coherent(dev, ltb->size, ltb->buff, ltb->addr);
+               mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
                return -1;
        }
+       mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
        return 0;
 }
 
 
        memset(ltb->buff, 0, ltb->size);
 
+       mutex_lock(&adapter->fw_lock);
+       adapter->fw_done_rc = 0;
+
        reinit_completion(&adapter->fw_done);
        rc = send_request_map(adapter, ltb->addr, ltb->size, ltb->map_id);
-       if (rc)
+       if (rc) {
+               mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
                return rc;
+       }
 
        rc = ibmvnic_wait_for_completion(adapter, &adapter->fw_done, 10000);
        if (rc) {
                dev_info(dev,
                         "Reset failed, long term map request timed out or aborted\n");
+               mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
                return rc;
        }
 
                dev_info(dev,
                         "Reset failed, attempting to free and reallocate buffer\n");
                free_long_term_buff(adapter, ltb);
+               mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
                return alloc_long_term_buff(adapter, ltb, ltb->size);
        }
+       mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
        return 0;
 }
 
        if (adapter->vpd->buff)
                len = adapter->vpd->len;
 
+       mutex_lock(&adapter->fw_lock);
+       adapter->fw_done_rc = 0;
        reinit_completion(&adapter->fw_done);
+
        crq.get_vpd_size.first = IBMVNIC_CRQ_CMD;
        crq.get_vpd_size.cmd = GET_VPD_SIZE;
        rc = ibmvnic_send_crq(adapter, &crq);
-       if (rc)
+       if (rc) {
+               mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
                return rc;
+       }
 
        rc = ibmvnic_wait_for_completion(adapter, &adapter->fw_done, 10000);
        if (rc) {
                dev_err(dev, "Could not retrieve VPD size, rc = %d\n", rc);
+               mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
                return rc;
        }
+       mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
 
        if (!adapter->vpd->len)
                return -ENODATA;
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
+       mutex_lock(&adapter->fw_lock);
+       adapter->fw_done_rc = 0;
        reinit_completion(&adapter->fw_done);
+
        crq.get_vpd.first = IBMVNIC_CRQ_CMD;
        crq.get_vpd.cmd = GET_VPD;
        crq.get_vpd.ioba = cpu_to_be32(adapter->vpd->dma_addr);
        if (rc) {
                kfree(adapter->vpd->buff);
                adapter->vpd->buff = NULL;
+               mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
                return rc;
        }
 
                dev_err(dev, "Unable to retrieve VPD, rc = %d\n", rc);
                kfree(adapter->vpd->buff);
                adapter->vpd->buff = NULL;
+               mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
                return rc;
        }
 
+       mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
        return 0;
 }
 
        crq.change_mac_addr.cmd = CHANGE_MAC_ADDR;
        ether_addr_copy(&crq.change_mac_addr.mac_addr[0], dev_addr);
 
+       mutex_lock(&adapter->fw_lock);
+       adapter->fw_done_rc = 0;
        reinit_completion(&adapter->fw_done);
+
        rc = ibmvnic_send_crq(adapter, &crq);
        if (rc) {
                rc = -EIO;
+               mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
                goto err;
        }
 
        /* netdev->dev_addr is changed in handle_change_mac_rsp function */
        if (rc || adapter->fw_done_rc) {
                rc = -EIO;
+               mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
                goto err;
        }
-
+       mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
        return 0;
 err:
        ether_addr_copy(adapter->mac_addr, netdev->dev_addr);
        memset(&crq, 0, sizeof(crq));
        crq.query_phys_parms.first = IBMVNIC_CRQ_CMD;
        crq.query_phys_parms.cmd = QUERY_PHYS_PARMS;
+
+       mutex_lock(&adapter->fw_lock);
+       adapter->fw_done_rc = 0;
        reinit_completion(&adapter->fw_done);
+
        rc = ibmvnic_send_crq(adapter, &crq);
-       if (rc)
+       if (rc) {
+               mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
                return rc;
+       }
 
        rc = ibmvnic_wait_for_completion(adapter, &adapter->fw_done, 10000);
-       if (rc)
+       if (rc) {
+               mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
                return rc;
+       }
 
+       mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock);
        return adapter->fw_done_rc ? -EIO : 0;
 }
 
                          __ibmvnic_delayed_reset);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&adapter->rwi_list);
        spin_lock_init(&adapter->rwi_lock);
+       mutex_init(&adapter->fw_lock);
        init_completion(&adapter->init_done);
        init_completion(&adapter->fw_done);
        init_completion(&adapter->reset_done);
 ibmvnic_init_fail:
        release_sub_crqs(adapter, 1);
        release_crq_queue(adapter);
+       mutex_destroy(&adapter->fw_lock);
        free_netdev(netdev);
 
        return rc;
        adapter->state = VNIC_REMOVED;
 
        rtnl_unlock();
+       mutex_destroy(&adapter->fw_lock);
        device_remove_file(&dev->dev, &dev_attr_failover);
        free_netdev(netdev);
        dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, NULL);