diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_def.h b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_def.h
index c2deaa008558..73a502288bde 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_def.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_def.h
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ struct scsi_qla_host {
 	uint32_t fw_dump_capture_mask;
 	void *fw_dump_tmplt_hdr;
 	uint32_t fw_dump_tmplt_size;
+	uint32_t fw_dump_skip_size;
 
 	struct completion mbx_intr_comp;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c
index bcf3e43e024a..d2040b49120a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c
@@ -2383,6 +2383,11 @@ static void qla4_8xxx_mark_entry_skipped(struct scsi_qla_host *ha,
 			  "scsi(%ld): Skipping entry[%d]: ETYPE[0x%x]-ELEVEL[0x%x]\n",
 			  ha->host_no, index, entry_hdr->entry_type,
 			  entry_hdr->d_ctrl.entry_capture_mask));
+	/* If driver encounters a new entry type that it cannot process,
+	 * it should just skip the entry and adjust the total buffer size by
+	 * from subtracting the skipped bytes from it
+	 */
+	ha->fw_dump_skip_size += entry_hdr->entry_capture_size;
 }
 
 /* ISP83xx functions to process new minidump entries... */
@@ -2590,6 +2595,7 @@ static int qla4_8xxx_collect_md_data(struct scsi_qla_host *ha)
 	uint64_t now;
 	uint32_t timestamp;
 
+	ha->fw_dump_skip_size = 0;
 	if (!ha->fw_dump) {
 		ql4_printk(KERN_INFO, ha, "%s(%ld) No buffer to dump\n",
 			   __func__, ha->host_no);
@@ -2761,7 +2767,7 @@ static int qla4_8xxx_collect_md_data(struct scsi_qla_host *ha)
 				 entry_hdr->entry_size);
 	}
 
-	if (data_collected != ha->fw_dump_size) {
+	if ((data_collected + ha->fw_dump_skip_size) != ha->fw_dump_size) {
 		ql4_printk(KERN_INFO, ha,
 			   "Dump data mismatch: Data collected: [0x%x], total_data_size:[0x%x]\n",
 			   data_collected, ha->fw_dump_size);