diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_hw.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_hw.h
index d9fb0c5..7c8a710 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_hw.h
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@
 
 #define SLI_PORT_CONTROL_IP_MASK	0x08000000
 
-#define PCICFG_CUST_SCRATCHPAD_CSR	0x1EC
-
 /********* Memory BAR register ************/
 #define PCICFG_MEMBAR_CTRL_INT_CTRL_OFFSET 	0xfc
 /* Host Interrupt Enable, if set interrupts are enabled although "PCI Interrupt
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index 8be7fc7..8116ede 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -1050,6 +1050,8 @@ static int be_find_vfs(struct be_adapter *adapter, int vf_state)
 	u16 offset, stride;
 
 	pos = pci_find_ext_capability(pdev, PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_SRIOV);
+	if (!pos)
+		return 0;
 	pci_read_config_word(pdev, pos + PCI_SRIOV_VF_OFFSET, &offset);
 	pci_read_config_word(pdev, pos + PCI_SRIOV_VF_STRIDE, &stride);
 
@@ -2543,7 +2545,6 @@ static int be_clear(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 	be_cmd_fw_clean(adapter);
 
 	be_msix_disable(adapter);
-	pci_write_config_dword(adapter->pdev, PCICFG_CUST_SCRATCHPAD_CSR, 0);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2786,8 +2787,6 @@ static int be_setup(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 
 	schedule_delayed_work(&adapter->work, msecs_to_jiffies(1000));
 	adapter->flags |= BE_FLAGS_WORKER_SCHEDULED;
-
-	pci_write_config_dword(adapter->pdev, PCICFG_CUST_SCRATCHPAD_CSR, 1);
 	return 0;
 err:
 	be_clear(adapter);
@@ -3725,10 +3724,7 @@ reschedule:
 
 static bool be_reset_required(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 {
-	u32 reg;
-
-	pci_read_config_dword(adapter->pdev, PCICFG_CUST_SCRATCHPAD_CSR, &reg);
-	return reg;
+	return be_find_vfs(adapter, ENABLED) > 0 ? false : true;
 }
 
 static int __devinit be_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,