diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
index e6dec47..1ec635f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -7866,6 +7866,20 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* previous driver DMAE transaction may have occurred when pre-boot stage ended
+ * and boot began, or when kdump kernel was loaded. Either case would invalidate
+ * the addresses of the transaction, resulting in was-error bit set in the pci
+ * causing all hw-to-host pcie transactions to timeout. If this happened we want
+ * to clear the interrupt which detected this from the pglueb and the was done
+ * bit
+ */
+static void bnx2x_clean_pglue_errors(struct bnx2x *bp)
+{
+	if (!CHIP_IS_E1x(bp))
+		REG_WR(bp, PGLUE_B_REG_WAS_ERROR_PF_7_0_CLR,
+		       1 << BP_ABS_FUNC(bp));
+}
+
 static int bnx2x_init_hw_func(struct bnx2x *bp)
 {
 	int port = BP_PORT(bp);
@@ -7958,8 +7972,7 @@
 
 	bnx2x_init_block(bp, BLOCK_PGLUE_B, init_phase);
 
-	if (!CHIP_IS_E1x(bp))
-		REG_WR(bp, PGLUE_B_REG_WAS_ERROR_PF_7_0_CLR, func);
+	bnx2x_clean_pglue_errors(bp);
 
 	bnx2x_init_block(bp, BLOCK_ATC, init_phase);
 	bnx2x_init_block(bp, BLOCK_DMAE, init_phase);
@@ -10588,26 +10601,6 @@
 	return bnx2x_prev_mcp_done(bp);
 }
 
-/* previous driver DMAE transaction may have occurred when pre-boot stage ended
- * and boot began, or when kdump kernel was loaded. Either case would invalidate
- * the addresses of the transaction, resulting in was-error bit set in the pci
- * causing all hw-to-host pcie transactions to timeout. If this happened we want
- * to clear the interrupt which detected this from the pglueb and the was done
- * bit
- */
-static void bnx2x_prev_interrupted_dmae(struct bnx2x *bp)
-{
-	if (!CHIP_IS_E1x(bp)) {
-		u32 val = REG_RD(bp, PGLUE_B_REG_PGLUE_B_INT_STS);
-		if (val & PGLUE_B_PGLUE_B_INT_STS_REG_WAS_ERROR_ATTN) {
-			DP(BNX2X_MSG_SP,
-			   "'was error' bit was found to be set in pglueb upon startup. Clearing\n");
-			REG_WR(bp, PGLUE_B_REG_WAS_ERROR_PF_7_0_CLR,
-			       1 << BP_FUNC(bp));
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 static int bnx2x_prev_unload(struct bnx2x *bp)
 {
 	int time_counter = 10;
@@ -10617,7 +10610,7 @@
 	/* clear hw from errors which may have resulted from an interrupted
 	 * dmae transaction.
 	 */
-	bnx2x_prev_interrupted_dmae(bp);
+	bnx2x_clean_pglue_errors(bp);
 
 	/* Release previously held locks */
 	hw_lock_reg = (BP_FUNC(bp) <= 5) ?