{
        const __be32 *fw_data = NULL;
        const __le32 *new_fw_data = NULL;
-       u32 running, blackout = 0;
+       u32 running;
        u32 *io_mc_regs = NULL;
        const __le32 *new_io_mc_regs = NULL;
        int i, regs_size, ucode_size;
        running = RREG32(MC_SEQ_SUP_CNTL) & RUN_MASK;
 
        if (running == 0) {
-               if (running) {
-                       blackout = RREG32(MC_SHARED_BLACKOUT_CNTL);
-                       WREG32(MC_SHARED_BLACKOUT_CNTL, blackout | 1);
-               }
-
                /* reset the engine and set to writable */
                WREG32(MC_SEQ_SUP_CNTL, 0x00000008);
                WREG32(MC_SEQ_SUP_CNTL, 0x00000010);
                                break;
                        udelay(1);
                }
-
-               if (running)
-                       WREG32(MC_SHARED_BLACKOUT_CNTL, blackout);
        }
 
        return 0;