diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
index ef4aeb792135f3cd12f2924b81711c53035161e2..62081cf4d824f628c18237fe396c68b2eef25130 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
@@ -4153,7 +4153,7 @@ qla2xxx_mctp_dump(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 		ha->mctp_dumped = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (!ha->flags.nic_core_reset_hdlr_active) {
+	if (!ha->flags.nic_core_reset_hdlr_active && !ha->portnum) {
 		ha->flags.nic_core_reset_hdlr_active = 1;
 		rval = qla83xx_restart_nic_firmware(vha);
 		if (rval)