diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_main.c b/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_main.c
index b8d0169..69f7784 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_main.c
@@ -3859,8 +3859,9 @@ void qedf_schedule_hw_err_handler(void *dev, enum qed_hw_err_type err_type)
 		/* Prevent HW attentions from being reasserted */
 		qed_ops->common->attn_clr_enable(qedf->cdev, true);
 
-		if (qedf_enable_recovery)
-			qed_ops->common->recovery_process(qedf->cdev);
+		if (qedf_enable_recovery && qedf->devlink)
+			qed_ops->common->report_fatal_error(qedf->devlink,
+				err_type);
 
 		break;
 	default: