diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.h b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.h
index f89a432c7334..497c5de23d53 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.h
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ static inline void write_uctxt_csr(struct hfi1_devdata *dd, int ctxt,
 u64 create_pbc(struct hfi1_pportdata *ppd, u64, int, u32, u32);
 
 /* firmware.c */
+#define SBUS_MASTER_BROADCAST 0xfd
 #define NUM_PCIE_SERDES 16	/* number of PCIe serdes on the SBus */
 extern const u8 pcie_serdes_broadcast[];
 extern const u8 pcie_pcs_addrs[2][NUM_PCIE_SERDES];
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/firmware.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/firmware.c
index 15c9cb7a3150..ace75ce3da3f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/firmware.c
@@ -924,9 +924,6 @@ static int load_8051_firmware(struct hfi1_devdata *dd,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* SBus Master broadcast address */
-#define SBUS_MASTER_BROADCAST 0xfd
-
 /*
  * Write the SBus request register
  *
@@ -1255,6 +1252,7 @@ int load_firmware(struct hfi1_devdata *dd)
 			ret = load_sbus_firmware(dd, &fw_sbus);
 			if (ret)
 				goto clear;
+			fw_sbus_load = 0;
 		}
 
 		if (fw_fabric_serdes_load) {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/pcie.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/pcie.c
index ac5653c0f65e..3b50cdda1c0a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/pcie.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/pcie.c
@@ -946,9 +946,20 @@ int do_pcie_gen3_transition(struct hfi1_devdata *dd)
 			    __func__);
 	}
 
+retry:
+	if (therm) {
+		/* toggle SPICO_ENABLE to get back to the state
+		   just after the firmware load */
+		sbus_request(dd, SBUS_MASTER_BROADCAST, 0x01,
+			WRITE_SBUS_RECEIVER, 0x00000040);
+		sbus_request(dd, SBUS_MASTER_BROADCAST, 0x01,
+			WRITE_SBUS_RECEIVER, 0x00000140);
+		dd_dev_info(dd, "%s: toggle SPICO_ENABLE to reset the bus\n",
+			    __func__);
+	}
+
 	/* step 3: download SBus Master firmware */
 	/* step 4: download PCIe Gen3 SerDes firmware */
-retry:
 	dd_dev_info(dd, "%s: downloading firmware\n", __func__);
 	ret = load_pcie_firmware(dd);
 	if (ret)