diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index 6973d01ae85a92952ee1bca26c68724423146e85..d4a85b7953448e42af772ddfd6c7a669aec1b4cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -5929,6 +5929,18 @@ static int tg3_poll_work(struct tg3_napi *tnapi, int work_done, int budget)
 	return work_done;
 }
 
+static inline void tg3_reset_task_schedule(struct tg3 *tp)
+{
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(TG3_FLAG_RESET_TASK_PENDING, tp->tg3_flags))
+		schedule_work(&tp->reset_task);
+}
+
+static inline void tg3_reset_task_cancel(struct tg3 *tp)
+{
+	cancel_work_sync(&tp->reset_task);
+	tg3_flag_clear(tp, RESET_TASK_PENDING);
+}
+
 static int tg3_poll_msix(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 {
 	struct tg3_napi *tnapi = container_of(napi, struct tg3_napi, napi);
@@ -5969,7 +5981,7 @@ static int tg3_poll_msix(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 tx_recovery:
 	/* work_done is guaranteed to be less than budget. */
 	napi_complete(napi);
-	schedule_work(&tp->reset_task);
+	tg3_reset_task_schedule(tp);
 	return work_done;
 }
 
@@ -6004,7 +6016,7 @@ static void tg3_process_error(struct tg3 *tp)
 	tg3_dump_state(tp);
 
 	tg3_flag_set(tp, ERROR_PROCESSED);
-	schedule_work(&tp->reset_task);
+	tg3_reset_task_schedule(tp);
 }
 
 static int tg3_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
@@ -6051,7 +6063,7 @@ static int tg3_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 tx_recovery:
 	/* work_done is guaranteed to be less than budget. */
 	napi_complete(napi);
-	schedule_work(&tp->reset_task);
+	tg3_reset_task_schedule(tp);
 	return work_done;
 }
 
@@ -6345,6 +6357,7 @@ static void tg3_reset_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	tg3_full_lock(tp, 0);
 
 	if (!netif_running(tp->dev)) {
+		tg3_flag_clear(tp, RESET_TASK_PENDING);
 		tg3_full_unlock(tp);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -6382,6 +6395,8 @@ static void tg3_reset_task(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	if (!err)
 		tg3_phy_start(tp);
+
+	tg3_flag_clear(tp, RESET_TASK_PENDING);
 }
 
 static void tg3_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -6393,7 +6408,7 @@ static void tg3_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
 		tg3_dump_state(tp);
 	}
 
-	schedule_work(&tp->reset_task);
+	tg3_reset_task_schedule(tp);
 }
 
 /* Test for DMA buffers crossing any 4GB boundaries: 4G, 8G, etc */
@@ -9228,7 +9243,7 @@ static void tg3_timer(unsigned long __opaque)
 		if (!(tr32(WDMAC_MODE) & WDMAC_MODE_ENABLE)) {
 			tg3_flag_set(tp, RESTART_TIMER);
 			spin_unlock(&tp->lock);
-			schedule_work(&tp->reset_task);
+			tg3_reset_task_schedule(tp);
 			return;
 		}
 	}
@@ -9785,7 +9800,7 @@ static int tg3_close(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct tg3 *tp = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	tg3_napi_disable(tp);
-	cancel_work_sync(&tp->reset_task);
+	tg3_reset_task_cancel(tp);
 
 	netif_tx_stop_all_queues(dev);
 
@@ -15685,7 +15700,7 @@ static void __devexit tg3_remove_one(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		if (tp->fw)
 			release_firmware(tp->fw);
 
-		cancel_work_sync(&tp->reset_task);
+		tg3_reset_task_cancel(tp);
 
 		if (tg3_flag(tp, USE_PHYLIB)) {
 			tg3_phy_fini(tp);
@@ -15719,7 +15734,7 @@ static int tg3_suspend(struct device *device)
 	if (!netif_running(dev))
 		return 0;
 
-	flush_work_sync(&tp->reset_task);
+	tg3_reset_task_cancel(tp);
 	tg3_phy_stop(tp);
 	tg3_netif_stop(tp);
 
@@ -15835,7 +15850,7 @@ static pci_ers_result_t tg3_io_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	tg3_flag_clear(tp, RESTART_TIMER);
 
 	/* Want to make sure that the reset task doesn't run */
-	cancel_work_sync(&tp->reset_task);
+	tg3_reset_task_cancel(tp);
 	tg3_flag_clear(tp, TX_RECOVERY_PENDING);
 	tg3_flag_clear(tp, RESTART_TIMER);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.h
index acfa265733ad125a8552fbd613b4c701be814c4e..610fd84cc60fbbf0b2d49d3c1a69fae31036f0cf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.h
@@ -2922,6 +2922,7 @@ enum TG3_FLAGS {
 	TG3_FLAG_APE_HAS_NCSI,
 	TG3_FLAG_5717_PLUS,
 	TG3_FLAG_4K_FIFO_LIMIT,
+	TG3_FLAG_RESET_TASK_PENDING,
 
 	/* Add new flags before this comment and TG3_FLAG_NUMBER_OF_FLAGS */
 	TG3_FLAG_NUMBER_OF_FLAGS,	/* Last entry in enum TG3_FLAGS */