diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index c777b9013164..a13463e8a2c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -744,6 +744,9 @@ static int tg3_ape_lock(struct tg3 *tp, int locknum)
 		status = tg3_ape_read32(tp, gnt + off);
 		if (status == bit)
 			break;
+		if (pci_channel_offline(tp->pdev))
+			break;
+
 		udelay(10);
 	}
 
@@ -1635,6 +1638,9 @@ static void tg3_wait_for_event_ack(struct tg3 *tp)
 	for (i = 0; i < delay_cnt; i++) {
 		if (!(tr32(GRC_RX_CPU_EVENT) & GRC_RX_CPU_DRIVER_EVENT))
 			break;
+		if (pci_channel_offline(tp->pdev))
+			break;
+
 		udelay(8);
 	}
 }
@@ -1813,6 +1819,9 @@ static int tg3_poll_fw(struct tg3 *tp)
 		for (i = 0; i < 200; i++) {
 			if (tr32(VCPU_STATUS) & VCPU_STATUS_INIT_DONE)
 				return 0;
+			if (pci_channel_offline(tp->pdev))
+				return -ENODEV;
+
 			udelay(100);
 		}
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -1823,6 +1832,15 @@ static int tg3_poll_fw(struct tg3 *tp)
 		tg3_read_mem(tp, NIC_SRAM_FIRMWARE_MBOX, &val);
 		if (val == ~NIC_SRAM_FIRMWARE_MBOX_MAGIC1)
 			break;
+		if (pci_channel_offline(tp->pdev)) {
+			if (!tg3_flag(tp, NO_FWARE_REPORTED)) {
+				tg3_flag_set(tp, NO_FWARE_REPORTED);
+				netdev_info(tp->dev, "No firmware running\n");
+			}
+
+			break;
+		}
+
 		udelay(10);
 	}
 
@@ -3520,6 +3538,8 @@ static int tg3_pause_cpu(struct tg3 *tp, u32 cpu_base)
 		tw32(cpu_base + CPU_MODE,  CPU_MODE_HALT);
 		if (tr32(cpu_base + CPU_MODE) & CPU_MODE_HALT)
 			break;
+		if (pci_channel_offline(tp->pdev))
+			return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
 	return (i == iters) ? -EBUSY : 0;
@@ -8589,6 +8609,14 @@ static int tg3_stop_block(struct tg3 *tp, unsigned long ofs, u32 enable_bit, boo
 	tw32_f(ofs, val);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_WAIT_CNT; i++) {
+		if (pci_channel_offline(tp->pdev)) {
+			dev_err(&tp->pdev->dev,
+				"tg3_stop_block device offline, "
+				"ofs=%lx enable_bit=%x\n",
+				ofs, enable_bit);
+			return -ENODEV;
+		}
+
 		udelay(100);
 		val = tr32(ofs);
 		if ((val & enable_bit) == 0)
@@ -8612,6 +8640,13 @@ static int tg3_abort_hw(struct tg3 *tp, bool silent)
 
 	tg3_disable_ints(tp);
 
+	if (pci_channel_offline(tp->pdev)) {
+		tp->rx_mode &= ~(RX_MODE_ENABLE | TX_MODE_ENABLE);
+		tp->mac_mode &= ~MAC_MODE_TDE_ENABLE;
+		err = -ENODEV;
+		goto err_no_dev;
+	}
+
 	tp->rx_mode &= ~RX_MODE_ENABLE;
 	tw32_f(MAC_RX_MODE, tp->rx_mode);
 	udelay(10);
@@ -8660,6 +8695,7 @@ static int tg3_abort_hw(struct tg3 *tp, bool silent)
 	err |= tg3_stop_block(tp, BUFMGR_MODE, BUFMGR_MODE_ENABLE, silent);
 	err |= tg3_stop_block(tp, MEMARB_MODE, MEMARB_MODE_ENABLE, silent);
 
+err_no_dev:
 	for (i = 0; i < tp->irq_cnt; i++) {
 		struct tg3_napi *tnapi = &tp->napi[i];
 		if (tnapi->hw_status)