diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index ba340aaff1b3..6aef574acdf2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ static void ibmvnic_cleanup(struct net_device *netdev)
 	struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
 	/* ensure that transmissions are stopped if called by do_reset */
-	if (adapter->resetting)
+	if (test_bit(0, &adapter->resetting))
 		netif_tx_disable(netdev);
 	else
 		netif_tx_stop_all_queues(netdev);
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	u8 proto = 0;
 	netdev_tx_t ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
-	if (adapter->resetting) {
+	if (test_bit(0, &adapter->resetting)) {
 		if (!netif_subqueue_stopped(netdev, skb))
 			netif_stop_subqueue(netdev, queue_num);
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
@@ -2054,6 +2054,12 @@ static void __ibmvnic_reset(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	adapter = container_of(work, struct ibmvnic_adapter, ibmvnic_reset);
 
+	if (test_and_set_bit_lock(0, &adapter->resetting)) {
+		schedule_delayed_work(&adapter->ibmvnic_delayed_reset,
+				      IBMVNIC_RESET_DELAY);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	reset_state = adapter->state;
 
 	rwi = get_next_rwi(adapter);
@@ -2095,6 +2101,10 @@ static void __ibmvnic_reset(struct work_struct *work)
 			break;
 
 		rwi = get_next_rwi(adapter);
+
+		if (rwi && (rwi->reset_reason == VNIC_RESET_FAILOVER ||
+			    rwi->reset_reason == VNIC_RESET_MOBILITY))
+			adapter->force_reset_recovery = true;
 	}
 
 	if (adapter->wait_for_reset) {
@@ -2107,7 +2117,16 @@ static void __ibmvnic_reset(struct work_struct *work)
 		free_all_rwi(adapter);
 	}
 
-	adapter->resetting = false;
+	clear_bit_unlock(0, &adapter->resetting);
+}
+
+static void __ibmvnic_delayed_reset(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter;
+
+	adapter = container_of(work, struct ibmvnic_adapter,
+			       ibmvnic_delayed_reset.work);
+	__ibmvnic_reset(&adapter->ibmvnic_reset);
 }
 
 static int ibmvnic_reset(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
@@ -2162,7 +2181,6 @@ static int ibmvnic_reset(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 	rwi->reset_reason = reason;
 	list_add_tail(&rwi->list, &adapter->rwi_list);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->rwi_lock, flags);
-	adapter->resetting = true;
 	netdev_dbg(adapter->netdev, "Scheduling reset (reason %d)\n", reason);
 	schedule_work(&adapter->ibmvnic_reset);
 
@@ -2207,7 +2225,7 @@ static int ibmvnic_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 		u16 offset;
 		u8 flags = 0;
 
-		if (unlikely(adapter->resetting &&
+		if (unlikely(test_bit(0, &adapter->resetting) &&
 			     adapter->reset_reason != VNIC_RESET_NON_FATAL)) {
 			enable_scrq_irq(adapter, adapter->rx_scrq[scrq_num]);
 			napi_complete_done(napi, frames_processed);
@@ -2858,7 +2876,7 @@ static int enable_scrq_irq(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	if (adapter->resetting &&
+	if (test_bit(0, &adapter->resetting) &&
 	    adapter->reset_reason == VNIC_RESET_MOBILITY) {
 		u64 val = (0xff000000) | scrq->hw_irq;
 
@@ -3408,7 +3426,7 @@ static int ibmvnic_send_crq(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 	if (rc) {
 		if (rc == H_CLOSED) {
 			dev_warn(dev, "CRQ Queue closed\n");
-			if (adapter->resetting)
+			if (test_bit(0, &adapter->resetting))
 				ibmvnic_reset(adapter, VNIC_RESET_FATAL);
 		}
 
@@ -4483,7 +4501,7 @@ static void ibmvnic_handle_crq(union ibmvnic_crq *crq,
 	case IBMVNIC_CRQ_XPORT_EVENT:
 		netif_carrier_off(netdev);
 		adapter->crq.active = false;
-		if (adapter->resetting)
+		if (test_bit(0, &adapter->resetting))
 			adapter->force_reset_recovery = true;
 		if (gen_crq->cmd == IBMVNIC_PARTITION_MIGRATED) {
 			dev_info(dev, "Migrated, re-enabling adapter\n");
@@ -4821,7 +4839,7 @@ static int ibmvnic_reset_init(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (adapter->resetting && !adapter->wait_for_reset &&
+	if (test_bit(0, &adapter->resetting) && !adapter->wait_for_reset &&
 	    adapter->reset_reason != VNIC_RESET_MOBILITY) {
 		if (adapter->req_rx_queues != old_num_rx_queues ||
 		    adapter->req_tx_queues != old_num_tx_queues) {
@@ -4933,10 +4951,12 @@ static int ibmvnic_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 	spin_lock_init(&adapter->stats_lock);
 
 	INIT_WORK(&adapter->ibmvnic_reset, __ibmvnic_reset);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&adapter->ibmvnic_delayed_reset,
+			  __ibmvnic_delayed_reset);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&adapter->rwi_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&adapter->rwi_lock);
 	init_completion(&adapter->init_done);
-	adapter->resetting = false;
+	clear_bit(0, &adapter->resetting);
 
 	do {
 		rc = init_crq_queue(adapter);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h
index 9d3d35cc91d6..ebc39248b334 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #define IBMVNIC_MAX_LTB_SIZE ((1 << (MAX_ORDER - 1)) * PAGE_SIZE)
 #define IBMVNIC_BUFFER_HLEN 500
 
+#define IBMVNIC_RESET_DELAY 100
+
 static const char ibmvnic_priv_flags[][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
 #define IBMVNIC_USE_SERVER_MAXES 0x1
 	"use-server-maxes"
@@ -1077,7 +1079,8 @@ struct ibmvnic_adapter {
 	spinlock_t rwi_lock;
 	struct list_head rwi_list;
 	struct work_struct ibmvnic_reset;
-	bool resetting;
+	struct delayed_work ibmvnic_delayed_reset;
+	unsigned long resetting;
 	bool napi_enabled, from_passive_init;
 
 	bool failover_pending;
