return 0;
 }
 
+static int bcm_vk_on_panic(struct notifier_block *nb,
+                          unsigned long e, void *p)
+{
+       struct bcm_vk *vk = container_of(nb, struct bcm_vk, panic_nb);
+
+       bcm_to_v_reset_doorbell(vk, VK_BAR0_RESET_DB_HARD);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static int bcm_vk_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 {
        int err;
        /* sync other info */
        bcm_vk_sync_card_info(vk);
 
+       /* register for panic notifier */
+       vk->panic_nb.notifier_call = bcm_vk_on_panic;
+       err = atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list,
+                                            &vk->panic_nb);
+       if (err) {
+               dev_err(dev, "Fail to register panic notifier\n");
+               goto err_destroy_workqueue;
+       }
+
        /*
         * lets trigger an auto download.  We don't want to do it serially here
         * because at probing time, it is not supposed to block for a long time.
        if (auto_load) {
                if ((boot_status & BOOT_STATE_MASK) == BROM_RUNNING) {
                        if (bcm_vk_trigger_autoload(vk))
-                               goto err_destroy_workqueue;
+                               goto err_unregister_panic_notifier;
                } else {
                        dev_err(dev,
                                "Auto-load skipped - BROM not in proper state (0x%x)\n",
 
        return 0;
 
+err_unregister_panic_notifier:
+       atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&panic_notifier_list,
+                                        &vk->panic_nb);
+
 err_destroy_workqueue:
        destroy_workqueue(vk->wq_thread);
 
        bcm_vk_trigger_reset(vk);
        usleep_range(BCM_VK_UCODE_BOOT_US, BCM_VK_UCODE_BOOT_MAX_US);
 
+       /* unregister panic notifier */
+       atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&panic_notifier_list,
+                                        &vk->panic_nb);
+
        if (vk->tdma_vaddr)
                dma_free_coherent(&pdev->dev, nr_scratch_pages * PAGE_SIZE,
                                  vk->tdma_vaddr, vk->tdma_addr);