diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
index 8715a7b..2aa3d69 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@
 	struct ibmvfc_target *tgt;
 
 	if (vhost->action == IBMVFC_HOST_ACTION_INIT_WAIT) {
-		if (++vhost->init_retries > IBMVFC_MAX_INIT_RETRIES) {
+		if (++vhost->init_retries > IBMVFC_MAX_HOST_INIT_RETRIES) {
 			dev_err(vhost->dev,
 				"Host initialization retries exceeded. Taking adapter offline\n");
 			ibmvfc_link_down(vhost, IBMVFC_HOST_OFFLINE);
@@ -845,11 +845,12 @@
 static void ibmvfc_retry_host_init(struct ibmvfc_host *vhost)
 {
 	if (vhost->action == IBMVFC_HOST_ACTION_INIT_WAIT) {
-		if (++vhost->init_retries > IBMVFC_MAX_INIT_RETRIES) {
+		vhost->delay_init = 1;
+		if (++vhost->init_retries > IBMVFC_MAX_HOST_INIT_RETRIES) {
 			dev_err(vhost->dev,
 				"Host initialization retries exceeded. Taking adapter offline\n");
 			ibmvfc_link_down(vhost, IBMVFC_HOST_OFFLINE);
-		} else if (vhost->init_retries == IBMVFC_MAX_INIT_RETRIES)
+		} else if (vhost->init_retries == IBMVFC_MAX_HOST_INIT_RETRIES)
 			__ibmvfc_reset_host(vhost);
 		else
 			ibmvfc_set_host_action(vhost, IBMVFC_HOST_ACTION_INIT);
@@ -2756,7 +2757,7 @@
 static void ibmvfc_retry_tgt_init(struct ibmvfc_target *tgt,
 				  void (*job_step) (struct ibmvfc_target *))
 {
-	if (++tgt->init_retries > IBMVFC_MAX_INIT_RETRIES) {
+	if (++tgt->init_retries > IBMVFC_MAX_TGT_INIT_RETRIES) {
 		ibmvfc_set_tgt_action(tgt, IBMVFC_TGT_ACTION_DEL_RPORT);
 		wake_up(&tgt->vhost->work_wait_q);
 	} else
@@ -3613,7 +3614,13 @@
 		break;
 	case IBMVFC_HOST_ACTION_INIT:
 		BUG_ON(vhost->state != IBMVFC_INITIALIZING);
-		vhost->job_step(vhost);
+		if (vhost->delay_init) {
+			vhost->delay_init = 0;
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
+			ssleep(5);
+			return;
+		} else
+			vhost->job_step(vhost);
 		break;
 	case IBMVFC_HOST_ACTION_QUERY:
 		list_for_each_entry(tgt, &vhost->targets, queue)