diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 5154e0421175396fad2059077cf3ee25b5c6392c..d48a694b92c9d01825dfda834006c732f7364dbd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -2252,6 +2252,7 @@ static void __ibmvnic_reset(struct work_struct *work)
 			rc = do_reset(adapter, rwi, reset_state);
 		}
 		kfree(rwi);
+		adapter->last_reset_time = jiffies;
 
 		if (rc)
 			netdev_dbg(adapter->netdev, "Reset failed, rc=%d\n", rc);
@@ -2355,7 +2356,13 @@ static void ibmvnic_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int txqueue)
 			   "Adapter is resetting, skip timeout reset\n");
 		return;
 	}
-
+	/* No queuing up reset until at least 5 seconds (default watchdog val)
+	 * after last reset
+	 */
+	if (time_before(jiffies, (adapter->last_reset_time + dev->watchdog_timeo))) {
+		netdev_dbg(dev, "Not yet time to tx timeout.\n");
+		return;
+	}
 	ibmvnic_reset(adapter, VNIC_RESET_TIMEOUT);
 }
 
@@ -5282,7 +5289,7 @@ static int ibmvnic_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 	adapter->state = VNIC_PROBED;
 
 	adapter->wait_for_reset = false;
-
+	adapter->last_reset_time = jiffies;
 	return 0;
 
 ibmvnic_register_fail:
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h
index bffa7f939ee1996d36de473abba0bccb69fe41bf..21e7ea858cda31095e0386df91ffc146a6211865 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h
@@ -1087,6 +1087,8 @@ struct ibmvnic_adapter {
 	unsigned long resetting;
 	bool napi_enabled, from_passive_init;
 	bool login_pending;
+	/* last device reset time */
+	unsigned long last_reset_time;
 
 	bool failover_pending;
 	bool force_reset_recovery;