REG_WR(bp, BNX2_HC_ATTN_BITS_ENABLE, STATUS_ATTN_EVENTS);
 
-       if (REG_RD_IND(bp, bp->shmem_base + BNX2_PORT_FEATURE) &
-           BNX2_PORT_FEATURE_ASF_ENABLED)
-               bp->flags |= ASF_ENABLE_FLAG;
-
        /* Initialize the receive filter. */
        bnx2_set_rx_mode(bp->dev);
 
                if (i != 2)
                        bp->fw_version[j++] = '.';
        }
+       if (REG_RD_IND(bp, bp->shmem_base + BNX2_PORT_FEATURE) &
+           BNX2_PORT_FEATURE_ASF_ENABLED) {
+               bp->flags |= ASF_ENABLE_FLAG;
+
+               for (i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
+                       reg = REG_RD_IND(bp, bp->shmem_base +
+                                            BNX2_BC_STATE_CONDITION);
+                       if (reg & BNX2_CONDITION_MFW_RUN_MASK)
+                               break;
+                       msleep(10);
+               }
+       }
        reg = REG_RD_IND(bp, bp->shmem_base + BNX2_BC_STATE_CONDITION);
        reg &= BNX2_CONDITION_MFW_RUN_MASK;
        if (reg != BNX2_CONDITION_MFW_RUN_UNKNOWN &&