diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
index 90dc5343827f..11ef46e72ddd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
@@ -520,8 +520,11 @@ static void rvu_block_reset(struct rvu *rvu, int blkaddr, u64 rst_reg)
 
 	rvu_write64(rvu, blkaddr, rst_reg, BIT_ULL(0));
 	err = rvu_poll_reg(rvu, blkaddr, rst_reg, BIT_ULL(63), true);
-	if (err)
-		dev_err(rvu->dev, "HW block:%d reset failed\n", blkaddr);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(rvu->dev, "HW block:%d reset timeout retrying again\n", blkaddr);
+		while (rvu_poll_reg(rvu, blkaddr, rst_reg, BIT_ULL(63), true) == -EBUSY)
+			;
+	}
 }
 
 static void rvu_reset_all_blocks(struct rvu *rvu)