diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index f59e5ed0..4672559 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -1631,6 +1631,9 @@
 	int i;
 	u32 val;
 
+	if (tg3_flag(tp, NO_FWARE_REPORTED))
+		return 0;
+
 	if (GET_ASIC_REV(tp->pci_chip_rev_id) == ASIC_REV_5906) {
 		/* Wait up to 20ms for init done. */
 		for (i = 0; i < 200; i++) {
@@ -9395,6 +9398,13 @@
  */
 static int tg3_init_hw(struct tg3 *tp, int reset_phy)
 {
+	/* Chip may have been just powered on. If so, the boot code may still
+	 * be running initialization. Wait for it to finish to avoid races in
+	 * accessing the hardware.
+	 */
+	tg3_enable_register_access(tp);
+	tg3_poll_fw(tp);
+
 	tg3_switch_clocks(tp);
 
 	tw32(TG3PCI_MEM_WIN_BASE_ADDR, 0);