diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
index 1936e0813f13..b70f3eb323f7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
@@ -2065,6 +2065,10 @@ extern struct aac_common aac_config;
 #define			AifEnAddJBOD		30	/* JBOD created */
 #define			AifEnDeleteJBOD		31	/* JBOD deleted */
 
+#define			AifBuManagerEvent		42 /* Bu management*/
+#define			AifBuCacheDataLoss		10
+#define			AifBuCacheDataRecover	11
+
 #define		AifCmdJobProgress	2	/* Progress report */
 #define			AifJobCtrZero	101	/* Array Zero progress */
 #define			AifJobStsSuccess 1	/* Job completes */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
index bb7988d53216..0aeecec1f5ea 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
@@ -901,6 +901,31 @@ void aac_printf(struct aac_dev *dev, u32 val)
 	memset(cp, 0, 256);
 }
 
+static inline int aac_aif_data(struct aac_aifcmd *aifcmd, uint32_t index)
+{
+	return le32_to_cpu(((__le32 *)aifcmd->data)[index]);
+}
+
+
+static void aac_handle_aif_bu(struct aac_dev *dev, struct aac_aifcmd *aifcmd)
+{
+	switch (aac_aif_data(aifcmd, 1)) {
+	case AifBuCacheDataLoss:
+		if (aac_aif_data(aifcmd, 2))
+			dev_info(&dev->pdev->dev, "Backup unit had cache data loss - [%d]\n",
+			aac_aif_data(aifcmd, 2));
+		else
+			dev_info(&dev->pdev->dev, "Backup Unit had cache data loss\n");
+		break;
+	case AifBuCacheDataRecover:
+		if (aac_aif_data(aifcmd, 2))
+			dev_info(&dev->pdev->dev, "DDR cache data recovered successfully - [%d]\n",
+			aac_aif_data(aifcmd, 2));
+		else
+			dev_info(&dev->pdev->dev, "DDR cache data recovered successfully\n");
+		break;
+	}
+}
 
 /**
  *	aac_handle_aif		-	Handle a message from the firmware
@@ -1154,6 +1179,8 @@ static void aac_handle_aif(struct aac_dev * dev, struct fib * fibptr)
 				  ADD : DELETE;
 				break;
 			}
+			case AifBuManagerEvent:
+				aac_handle_aif_bu(dev, aifcmd);
 			break;
 		}
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
index 79a1cec1a51f..a943bd230bc2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
@@ -1299,6 +1299,8 @@ static int aac_probe_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	else
 		shost->this_id = shost->max_id;
 
+	aac_intr_normal(aac, 0, 2, 0, NULL);
+
 	/*
 	 * dmb - we may need to move the setting of these parms somewhere else once
 	 * we get a fib that can report the actual numbers
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/src.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/src.c
index bc0203f3d243..28f8b8a1b8a4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/src.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/src.c
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ static irqreturn_t aac_src_intr_message(int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 	if (mode & AAC_INT_MODE_AIF) {
 		/* handle AIF */
-		aac_intr_normal(dev, 0, 2, 0, NULL);
+		if (dev->aif_thread && dev->fsa_dev)
+			aac_intr_normal(dev, 0, 2, 0, NULL);
 		if (dev->msi_enabled)
 			aac_src_access_devreg(dev, AAC_CLEAR_AIF_BIT);
 		mode = 0;