struct qlge_adapter *qdev = devlink_health_reporter_priv(reporter);
        struct qlge_mpi_coredump *dump;
+       wait_queue_head_t wait;
 
        if (!netif_running(qdev->ndev))
                return 0;
 
+       if (test_bit(QL_FRC_COREDUMP, &qdev->flags)) {
+               if (qlge_own_firmware(qdev)) {
+                       qlge_queue_fw_error(qdev);
+                       init_waitqueue_head(&wait);
+                       wait_event_timeout(wait, 0, 5 * HZ);
+               } else {
+                       netif_err(qdev, ifup, qdev->ndev,
+                                 "Force Coredump failed because this NIC function doesn't own the firmware\n");
+                       return -EPERM;
+               }
+       }
+
        dump = kvmalloc(sizeof(*dump), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!dump)
                return -ENOMEM;