diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 9f61a1a30f2f..e56409659459 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/uuid.h>
 #include <linux/nospec.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 
 #define IPMI_DRIVER_VERSION "39.2"
 
@@ -60,6 +61,9 @@ enum ipmi_panic_event_op {
 #else
 #define IPMI_PANIC_DEFAULT IPMI_SEND_PANIC_EVENT_NONE
 #endif
+
+#define GET_DEVICE_ID_MAX_RETRY	5
+
 static enum ipmi_panic_event_op ipmi_send_panic_event = IPMI_PANIC_DEFAULT;
 
 static int panic_op_write_handler(const char *val,
@@ -317,6 +321,7 @@ struct bmc_device {
 	int                    dyn_guid_set;
 	struct kref	       usecount;
 	struct work_struct     remove_work;
+	char		       cc; /* completion code */
 };
 #define to_bmc_device(x) container_of((x), struct bmc_device, pdev.dev)
 
@@ -2381,6 +2386,8 @@ static void bmc_device_id_handler(struct ipmi_smi *intf,
 			msg->msg.data, msg->msg.data_len, &intf->bmc->fetch_id);
 	if (rv) {
 		dev_warn(intf->si_dev, "device id demangle failed: %d\n", rv);
+		/* record completion code when error */
+		intf->bmc->cc = msg->msg.data[0];
 		intf->bmc->dyn_id_set = 0;
 	} else {
 		/*
@@ -2426,19 +2433,34 @@ send_get_device_id_cmd(struct ipmi_smi *intf)
 static int __get_device_id(struct ipmi_smi *intf, struct bmc_device *bmc)
 {
 	int rv;
-
-	bmc->dyn_id_set = 2;
+	unsigned int retry_count = 0;
 
 	intf->null_user_handler = bmc_device_id_handler;
 
+retry:
+	bmc->cc = 0;
+	bmc->dyn_id_set = 2;
+
 	rv = send_get_device_id_cmd(intf);
 	if (rv)
 		goto out_reset_handler;
 
 	wait_event(intf->waitq, bmc->dyn_id_set != 2);
 
-	if (!bmc->dyn_id_set)
+	if (!bmc->dyn_id_set) {
+		if ((bmc->cc == IPMI_DEVICE_IN_FW_UPDATE_ERR
+		     || bmc->cc ==  IPMI_DEVICE_IN_INIT_ERR
+		     || bmc->cc ==  IPMI_NOT_IN_MY_STATE_ERR)
+		     && ++retry_count <= GET_DEVICE_ID_MAX_RETRY) {
+			msleep(500);
+			dev_warn(intf->si_dev,
+			    "BMC returned 0x%2.2x, retry get bmc device id\n",
+			    bmc->cc);
+			goto retry;
+		}
+
 		rv = -EIO; /* Something went wrong in the fetch. */
+	}
 
 	/* dyn_id_set makes the id data available. */
 	smp_rmb();
@@ -3246,7 +3268,6 @@ channel_handler(struct ipmi_smi *intf, struct ipmi_recv_msg *msg)
 		/* It's the one we want */
 		if (msg->msg.data[0] != 0) {
 			/* Got an error from the channel, just go on. */
-
 			if (msg->msg.data[0] == IPMI_INVALID_COMMAND_ERR) {
 				/*
 				 * If the MC does not support this
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ipmi_msgdefs.h b/include/uapi/linux/ipmi_msgdefs.h
index c2b23a9fdf3d..0934af3b8037 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ipmi_msgdefs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ipmi_msgdefs.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
 #define IPMI_ERR_MSG_TRUNCATED		0xc6
 #define IPMI_REQ_LEN_INVALID_ERR	0xc7
 #define IPMI_REQ_LEN_EXCEEDED_ERR	0xc8
+#define IPMI_DEVICE_IN_FW_UPDATE_ERR	0xd1
+#define IPMI_DEVICE_IN_INIT_ERR		0xd2
 #define IPMI_NOT_IN_MY_STATE_ERR	0xd5	/* IPMI 2.0 */
 #define IPMI_LOST_ARBITRATION_ERR	0x81
 #define IPMI_BUS_ERR			0x82