diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index af9ea5e4371b3..ab4df34262e83 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -6446,6 +6446,14 @@ static void tg3_dump_state(struct tg3 *tp)
 	int i;
 	u32 *regs;
 
+	/* If it is a PCI error, all registers will be 0xffff,
+	 * we don't dump them out, just report the error and return
+	 */
+	if (tp->pdev->error_state != pci_channel_io_normal) {
+		netdev_err(tp->dev, "PCI channel ERROR!\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	regs = kzalloc(TG3_REG_BLK_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!regs)
 		return;
@@ -11174,7 +11182,8 @@ static void tg3_reset_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	rtnl_lock();
 	tg3_full_lock(tp, 0);
 
-	if (tp->pcierr_recovery || !netif_running(tp->dev)) {
+	if (tp->pcierr_recovery || !netif_running(tp->dev) ||
+	    tp->pdev->error_state != pci_channel_io_normal) {
 		tg3_flag_clear(tp, RESET_TASK_PENDING);
 		tg3_full_unlock(tp);
 		rtnl_unlock();