diff --git a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
index 30a800effe51..9bc35617b871 100644
--- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
+++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
@@ -253,6 +253,55 @@ mpt_get_cb_idx(MPT_DRIVER_CLASS dclass)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ *	mpt_fault_reset_work - work performed on workq after ioc fault
+ *	@work: input argument, used to derive ioc
+ *
+**/
+static void
+mpt_fault_reset_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	MPT_ADAPTER	*ioc =
+	    container_of(work, MPT_ADAPTER, fault_reset_work.work);
+	u32		 ioc_raw_state;
+	int		 rc;
+	unsigned long	 flags;
+
+	if (ioc->diagPending || !ioc->active)
+		goto out;
+
+	ioc_raw_state = mpt_GetIocState(ioc, 0);
+	if ((ioc_raw_state & MPI_IOC_STATE_MASK) == MPI_IOC_STATE_FAULT) {
+		printk(MYIOC_s_WARN_FMT "IOC is in FAULT state (%04xh)!!!\n",
+		    ioc->name, ioc_raw_state & MPI_DOORBELL_DATA_MASK);
+		printk(MYIOC_s_WARN_FMT "Issuing HardReset from %s!!\n",
+		    ioc->name, __FUNCTION__);
+		rc = mpt_HardResetHandler(ioc, CAN_SLEEP);
+		printk(MYIOC_s_WARN_FMT "%s: HardReset: %s\n", ioc->name,
+		    __FUNCTION__, (rc == 0) ? "success" : "failed");
+		ioc_raw_state = mpt_GetIocState(ioc, 0);
+		if ((ioc_raw_state & MPI_IOC_STATE_MASK) == MPI_IOC_STATE_FAULT)
+			printk(MYIOC_s_WARN_FMT "IOC is in FAULT state after "
+			    "reset (%04xh)\n", ioc->name, ioc_raw_state &
+			    MPI_DOORBELL_DATA_MASK);
+	}
+
+ out:
+	/*
+	 * Take turns polling alternate controller
+	 */
+	if (ioc->alt_ioc)
+		ioc = ioc->alt_ioc;
+
+	/* rearm the timer */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->fault_reset_work_lock, flags);
+	if (ioc->reset_work_q)
+		queue_delayed_work(ioc->reset_work_q, &ioc->fault_reset_work,
+			msecs_to_jiffies(MPT_POLLING_INTERVAL));
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->fault_reset_work_lock, flags);
+}
+
+
 /*
  *  Process turbo (context) reply...
  */
@@ -1616,6 +1665,22 @@ mpt_attach(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	/* Find lookup slot. */
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ioc->list);
 
+
+	/* Initialize workqueue */
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ioc->fault_reset_work, mpt_fault_reset_work);
+	spin_lock_init(&ioc->fault_reset_work_lock);
+
+	snprintf(ioc->reset_work_q_name, KOBJ_NAME_LEN, "mpt_poll_%d", ioc->id);
+	ioc->reset_work_q =
+		create_singlethread_workqueue(ioc->reset_work_q_name);
+	if (!ioc->reset_work_q) {
+		printk(MYIOC_s_ERR_FMT "Insufficient memory to add adapter!\n",
+		    ioc->name);
+		pci_release_selected_regions(pdev, ioc->bars);
+		kfree(ioc);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	dinitprintk(ioc, printk(MYIOC_s_INFO_FMT "facts @ %p, pfacts[0] @ %p\n",
 	    ioc->name, &ioc->facts, &ioc->pfacts[0]));
 
@@ -1722,6 +1787,10 @@ mpt_attach(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 		iounmap(ioc->memmap);
 		if (r != -5)
 			pci_release_selected_regions(pdev, ioc->bars);
+
+		destroy_workqueue(ioc->reset_work_q);
+		ioc->reset_work_q = NULL;
+
 		kfree(ioc);
 		pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 		return r;
@@ -1754,6 +1823,10 @@ mpt_attach(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	}
 #endif
 
+	if (!ioc->alt_ioc)
+		queue_delayed_work(ioc->reset_work_q, &ioc->fault_reset_work,
+			msecs_to_jiffies(MPT_POLLING_INTERVAL));
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1769,6 +1842,19 @@ mpt_detach(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	MPT_ADAPTER 	*ioc = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	char pname[32];
 	u8 cb_idx;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	struct workqueue_struct *wq;
+
+	/*
+	 * Stop polling ioc for fault condition
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->fault_reset_work_lock, flags);
+	wq = ioc->reset_work_q;
+	ioc->reset_work_q = NULL;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->fault_reset_work_lock, flags);
+	cancel_delayed_work(&ioc->fault_reset_work);
+	destroy_workqueue(wq);
+
 
 	sprintf(pname, MPT_PROCFS_MPTBASEDIR "/%s/summary", ioc->name);
 	remove_proc_entry(pname, NULL);
diff --git a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.h b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.h
index 7496793db2c8..6adab648dbb9 100644
--- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.h
+++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.h
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@
 /* debug print string length used for events and iocstatus */
 # define EVENT_DESCR_STR_SZ             100
 
+#define MPT_POLLING_INTERVAL		1000	/* in milliseconds */
+
 #ifdef __KERNEL__	/* { */
 /*=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=*/
 
@@ -709,6 +711,12 @@ typedef struct _MPT_ADAPTER
 	struct workqueue_struct *fc_rescan_work_q;
 	struct scsi_cmnd	**ScsiLookup;
 	spinlock_t		  scsi_lookup_lock;
+
+	char			 reset_work_q_name[KOBJ_NAME_LEN];
+	struct workqueue_struct *reset_work_q;
+	struct delayed_work	 fault_reset_work;
+	spinlock_t		 fault_reset_work_lock;
+
 } MPT_ADAPTER;
 
 /*