diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 16a8f92adbda..93580c68600a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -5811,6 +5811,11 @@ static int ibmvnic_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 	do {
 		reinit_init_done(adapter);
 
+		/* clear any failovers we got in the previous pass
+		 * since we are reinitializing the CRQ
+		 */
+		adapter->failover_pending = false;
+
 		rc = init_crq_queue(adapter);
 		if (rc) {
 			dev_err(&dev->dev, "Couldn't initialize crq. rc=%d\n",