diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgb3/t3_hw.c b/drivers/net/cxgb3/t3_hw.c
index 522834c42ae7..d7b991b7ed78 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgb3/t3_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgb3/t3_hw.c
@@ -988,13 +988,17 @@ int t3_check_fw_version(struct adapter *adapter, int *must_load)
 		CH_ERR(adapter, "found wrong FW version(%u.%u), "
 		       "driver needs version %u.%u\n", major, minor,
 		       FW_VERSION_MAJOR, FW_VERSION_MINOR);
-	else {
+	else if (minor < FW_VERSION_MINOR) {
 		*must_load = 0;
-		CH_WARN(adapter, "found wrong FW minor version(%u.%u), "
+		CH_WARN(adapter, "found old FW minor version(%u.%u), "
 		        "driver compiled for version %u.%u\n", major, minor,
 			FW_VERSION_MAJOR, FW_VERSION_MINOR);
+	} else {
+		CH_WARN(adapter, "found newer FW version(%u.%u), "
+		        "driver compiled for version %u.%u\n", major, minor,
+			FW_VERSION_MAJOR, FW_VERSION_MINOR);
+			return 0;
 	}
-
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgb3/version.h b/drivers/net/cxgb3/version.h
index ef1c6339c806..229303ff6a39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgb3/version.h
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgb3/version.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define DRV_VERSION "1.0-ko"
 
 /* Firmware version */
-#define FW_VERSION_MAJOR 4
-#define FW_VERSION_MINOR 6
+#define FW_VERSION_MAJOR 5
+#define FW_VERSION_MINOR 0
 #define FW_VERSION_MICRO 0
 #endif				/* __CHELSIO_VERSION_H */