diff --git a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
index 9a03c5871efe..f58d8e305323 100644
--- a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
@@ -924,10 +924,8 @@ static void ntb_transport_link_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		ntb_free_mw(nt, i);
 
 	/* if there's an actual failure, we should just bail */
-	if (rc < 0) {
-		ntb_link_disable(ndev);
+	if (rc < 0)
 		return;
-	}
 
 out:
 	if (ntb_link_is_up(ndev, NULL, NULL) == 1)
@@ -1059,7 +1057,7 @@ static int ntb_transport_probe(struct ntb_client *self, struct ntb_dev *ndev)
 	int node;
 	int rc, i;
 
-	mw_count = ntb_mw_count(ndev, PIDX);
+	mw_count = ntb_peer_mw_count(ndev);
 
 	if (!ndev->ops->mw_set_trans) {
 		dev_err(&ndev->dev, "Inbound MW based NTB API is required\n");
diff --git a/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c b/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c
index f002bf48a08d..a69815c45ce6 100644
--- a/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ static int tool_probe(struct ntb_client *self, struct ntb_dev *ntb)
 	tc->ntb = ntb;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&tc->link_wq);
 
-	tc->mw_count = min(ntb_mw_count(tc->ntb, PIDX), MAX_MWS);
+	tc->mw_count = min(ntb_peer_mw_count(tc->ntb), MAX_MWS);
 	for (i = 0; i < tc->mw_count; i++) {
 		rc = tool_init_mw(tc, i);
 		if (rc)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ntb/ntb_test.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/ntb/ntb_test.sh
index 1c12b5855e4f..5fc7ad359e21 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ntb/ntb_test.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ntb/ntb_test.sh
@@ -333,6 +333,10 @@ function ntb_tool_tests()
 	link_test $LOCAL_TOOL $REMOTE_TOOL
 	link_test $REMOTE_TOOL $LOCAL_TOOL
 
+	#Ensure the link is up on both sides before continuing
+	write_file Y $LOCAL_TOOL/link_event
+	write_file Y $REMOTE_TOOL/link_event
+
 	for PEER_TRANS in $(ls $LOCAL_TOOL/peer_trans*); do
 		PT=$(basename $PEER_TRANS)
 		write_file $MW_SIZE $LOCAL_TOOL/$PT