{
        struct fw_ohci *ohci = fw_ohci(card);
        struct pci_dev *dev = to_pci_dev(card->device);
+       u32 lps;
+       int i;
 
        if (software_reset(ohci)) {
                fw_error("Failed to reset ohci card.\n");
         * most of the registers.  In fact, on some cards (ALI M5251),
         * accessing registers in the SClk domain without LPS enabled
         * will lock up the machine.  Wait 50msec to make sure we have
-        * full link enabled.
+        * full link enabled.  However, with some cards (well, at least
+        * a JMicron PCIe card), we have to try again sometimes.
         */
        reg_write(ohci, OHCI1394_HCControlSet,
                  OHCI1394_HCControl_LPS |
                  OHCI1394_HCControl_postedWriteEnable);
        flush_writes(ohci);
-       msleep(50);
+
+       for (lps = 0, i = 0; !lps && i < 3; i++) {
+               msleep(50);
+               lps = reg_read(ohci, OHCI1394_HCControlSet) &
+                     OHCI1394_HCControl_LPS;
+       }
+
+       if (!lps) {
+               fw_error("Failed to set Link Power Status\n");
+               return -EIO;
+       }
 
        reg_write(ohci, OHCI1394_HCControlClear,
                  OHCI1394_HCControl_noByteSwapData);