int ret;
        uint32_t liter, miter;
        uint32_t sec_mask, rest_addr, conf_addr;
-       uint32_t fdata, findex ;
+       uint32_t fdata, findex, cnt;
        uint8_t man_id, flash_id;
        struct device_reg_24xx __iomem *reg = &ha->iobase->isp24;
        dma_addr_t optrom_dma;
                            0xff0000) | ((fdata >> 16) & 0xff));
        }
 
-       /* Enable flash write-protection. */
+       /* Enable flash write-protection and wait for completion. */
        qla24xx_write_flash_dword(ha, flash_conf_to_access_addr(0x101), 0x9c);
+       for (cnt = 300; cnt &&
+           qla24xx_read_flash_dword(ha,
+                   flash_conf_to_access_addr(0x005)) & BIT_0;
+           cnt--) {
+               udelay(10);
+       }
 
        /* Disable flash write. */
        WRT_REG_DWORD(®->ctrl_status,