diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index e56409659459..555c3b1e4926 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ enum ipmi_panic_event_op {
 #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,
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 77b8d551ae7f..164f85007080 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -1316,6 +1316,7 @@ static int try_get_dev_id(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 	unsigned char         *resp;
 	unsigned long         resp_len;
 	int                   rv = 0;
+	unsigned int          retry_count = 0;
 
 	resp = kmalloc(IPMI_MAX_MSG_LENGTH, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!resp)
@@ -1327,6 +1328,8 @@ static int try_get_dev_id(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 	 */
 	msg[0] = IPMI_NETFN_APP_REQUEST << 2;
 	msg[1] = IPMI_GET_DEVICE_ID_CMD;
+
+retry:
 	smi_info->handlers->start_transaction(smi_info->si_sm, msg, 2);
 
 	rv = wait_for_msg_done(smi_info);
@@ -1339,6 +1342,20 @@ static int try_get_dev_id(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 	/* Check and record info from the get device id, in case we need it. */
 	rv = ipmi_demangle_device_id(resp[0] >> 2, resp[1],
 			resp + 2, resp_len - 2, &smi_info->device_id);
+	if (rv) {
+		/* record completion code */
+		char cc = *(resp + 2);
+
+		if ((cc == IPMI_DEVICE_IN_FW_UPDATE_ERR
+		    || cc == IPMI_DEVICE_IN_INIT_ERR
+		    || cc == IPMI_NOT_IN_MY_STATE_ERR)
+		    && ++retry_count <= GET_DEVICE_ID_MAX_RETRY) {
+			dev_warn(smi_info->io.dev,
+			    "BMC returned 0x%2.2x, retry get bmc device id\n",
+			    cc);
+			goto retry;
+		}
+	}
 
 out:
 	kfree(resp);
diff --git a/include/linux/ipmi.h b/include/linux/ipmi.h
index ef61676cfe05..52850a02a3d0 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipmi.h
@@ -333,4 +333,6 @@ struct ipmi_smi_info {
 /* This is to get the private info of struct ipmi_smi */
 extern int ipmi_get_smi_info(int if_num, struct ipmi_smi_info *data);
 
+#define GET_DEVICE_ID_MAX_RETRY		5
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_IPMI_H */