diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/bman.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/bman.c
index f84ab596bde8c3b43920a6c1c3d54620f4d6132b..f4fb527d83018772f0eb07e7d1d4f56f387b2d6d 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/bman.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/bman.c
@@ -635,30 +635,31 @@ int bman_p_irqsource_add(struct bman_portal *p, u32 bits)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int bm_shutdown_pool(u32 bpid)
+int bm_shutdown_pool(u32 bpid)
 {
+	int err = 0;
 	struct bm_mc_command *bm_cmd;
 	union bm_mc_result *bm_res;
 
+
+	struct bman_portal *p = get_affine_portal();
 	while (1) {
-		struct bman_portal *p = get_affine_portal();
 		/* Acquire buffers until empty */
 		bm_cmd = bm_mc_start(&p->p);
 		bm_cmd->bpid = bpid;
 		bm_mc_commit(&p->p, BM_MCC_VERB_CMD_ACQUIRE | 1);
 		if (!bm_mc_result_timeout(&p->p, &bm_res)) {
-			put_affine_portal();
 			pr_crit("BMan Acquire Command timedout\n");
-			return -ETIMEDOUT;
+			err = -ETIMEDOUT;
+			goto done;
 		}
 		if (!(bm_res->verb & BM_MCR_VERB_ACQUIRE_BUFCOUNT)) {
-			put_affine_portal();
 			/* Pool is empty */
-			return 0;
+			goto done;
 		}
-		put_affine_portal();
 	}
-
+done:
+	put_affine_portal();
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/bman_ccsr.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/bman_ccsr.c
index dc6d7e56be275cf520008d9f124218b962aa3509..cb24a08be084db158a906c381b8626f06df26f6b 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/bman_ccsr.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/bman_ccsr.c
@@ -195,6 +195,16 @@ int bman_is_probed(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bman_is_probed);
 
+int bman_requires_cleanup(void)
+{
+	return __bman_requires_cleanup;
+}
+
+void bman_done_cleanup(void)
+{
+	__bman_requires_cleanup = 0;
+}
+
 static int fsl_bman_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	int ret, err_irq;
diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/bman_portal.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/bman_portal.c
index e4ef35abb5082964a2f2f2d1befedff0ad8b8c3a..923c44063a9a57b3c02b2d0415b01fd54a788e4d 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/bman_portal.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/bman_portal.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int bman_portal_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct device_node *node = dev->of_node;
 	struct bm_portal_config *pcfg;
 	struct resource *addr_phys[2];
-	int irq, cpu, err;
+	int irq, cpu, err, i;
 
 	err = bman_is_probed();
 	if (!err)
@@ -176,6 +176,22 @@ static int bman_portal_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!cpu_online(cpu))
 		bman_offline_cpu(cpu);
 
+	if (__bman_portals_probed == 1 && bman_requires_cleanup()) {
+		/*
+		 * BMan wasn't reset prior to boot (Kexec for example)
+		 * Empty all the buffer pools so they are in reset state
+		 */
+		for (i = 0; i < BM_POOL_MAX; i++) {
+			err =  bm_shutdown_pool(i);
+			if (err) {
+				dev_err(dev, "Failed to shutdown bpool %d\n",
+					i);
+				goto err_portal_init;
+			}
+		}
+		bman_done_cleanup();
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_portal_init:
diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/bman_priv.h b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/bman_priv.h
index 751ce90383b7b1f64476e6756b5c4d974947a48b..aa3981e049656e98736dc1a8f1fa0a9bb4afd3f8 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/bman_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/bman_priv.h
@@ -76,3 +76,8 @@ int bman_p_irqsource_add(struct bman_portal *p, u32 bits);
 
 const struct bm_portal_config *
 bman_get_bm_portal_config(const struct bman_portal *portal);
+
+int bman_requires_cleanup(void);
+void bman_done_cleanup(void);
+
+int bm_shutdown_pool(u32 bpid);