diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.c
index c2740e790f73..d4d7204c11ed 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.c
@@ -938,6 +938,23 @@ int cxio_rdev_open(struct cxio_rdev *rdev_p)
 	if (!rdev_p->t3cdev_p)
 		rdev_p->t3cdev_p = dev2t3cdev(netdev_p);
 	rdev_p->t3cdev_p->ulp = (void *) rdev_p;
+
+	err = rdev_p->t3cdev_p->ctl(rdev_p->t3cdev_p, GET_EMBEDDED_INFO,
+					 &(rdev_p->fw_info));
+	if (err) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s t3cdev_p(%p)->ctl returned error %d.\n",
+		     __func__, rdev_p->t3cdev_p, err);
+		goto err1;
+	}
+	if (G_FW_VERSION_MAJOR(rdev_p->fw_info.fw_vers) != CXIO_FW_MAJ) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR MOD "fatal firmware version mismatch: "
+		       "need version %u but adapter has version %u\n",
+		       CXIO_FW_MAJ,
+		       G_FW_VERSION_MAJOR(rdev_p->fw_info.fw_vers));
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto err1;
+	}
+
 	err = rdev_p->t3cdev_p->ctl(rdev_p->t3cdev_p, RDMA_GET_PARAMS,
 					 &(rdev_p->rnic_info));
 	if (err) {
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.h
index 656fe47bc84f..e44dc2289471 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
 
 #define T3_MAX_DEV_NAME_LEN 32
 
+#define CXIO_FW_MAJ 7
+
 struct cxio_hal_ctrl_qp {
 	u32 wptr;
 	u32 rptr;
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ struct cxio_rdev {
 	struct gen_pool *pbl_pool;
 	struct gen_pool *rqt_pool;
 	struct list_head entry;
+	struct ch_embedded_info fw_info;
 };
 
 static inline int cxio_num_stags(struct cxio_rdev *rdev_p)