diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/devlink/devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/devlink/devlink.c
index b0404f37271a..cf8908b82f8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/devlink/devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/devlink/devlink.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static int ixgbe_devlink_reload_empr_finish(struct devlink *devlink,
 	adapter->flags2 &= ~(IXGBE_FLAG2_API_MISMATCH |
 			     IXGBE_FLAG2_FW_ROLLBACK);
 
-	return 0;
+	return ixgbe_refresh_fw_version(adapter);
 }
 
 static const struct devlink_ops ixgbe_devlink_ops = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
index dce4936708eb..047f04045585 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ int ixgbe_init_interrupt_scheme(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
 bool ixgbe_wol_supported(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter, u16 device_id,
 			 u16 subdevice_id);
 void ixgbe_set_fw_version_e610(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
-void ixgbe_refresh_fw_version(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
+int ixgbe_refresh_fw_version(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_IOV
 void ixgbe_full_sync_mac_table(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
index 56aabaa5caec..ba049b3a9609 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
@@ -1155,12 +1155,17 @@ static int ixgbe_set_eeprom(struct net_device *netdev,
 	return ret_val;
 }
 
-void ixgbe_refresh_fw_version(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
+int ixgbe_refresh_fw_version(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+	int err;
+
+	err = ixgbe_get_flash_data(hw);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
-	ixgbe_get_flash_data(hw);
 	ixgbe_set_fw_version_e610(adapter);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void ixgbe_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
@@ -1168,10 +1173,6 @@ static void ixgbe_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
 {
 	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = ixgbe_from_netdev(netdev);
 
-	/* need to refresh info for e610 in case fw reloads in runtime */
-	if (adapter->hw.mac.type == ixgbe_mac_e610)
-		ixgbe_refresh_fw_version(adapter);
-
 	strscpy(drvinfo->driver, ixgbe_driver_name, sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
 
 	strscpy(drvinfo->fw_version, adapter->eeprom_id,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index e4101c59074d..59801187a839 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -6289,6 +6289,16 @@ void ixgbe_reinit_locked(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 	if (adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_SRIOV_ENABLED)
 		msleep(2000);
 	ixgbe_up(adapter);
+
+	/* E610 has no FW event to notify all PFs of an EMPR reset, so
+	 * refresh the FW version here to pick up any new FW version after
+	 * a hardware reset (e.g. EMPR triggered by another PF's devlink
+	 * reload).  ixgbe_refresh_fw_version() updates both hw->flash and
+	 * adapter->eeprom_id so ethtool -i reports the correct string.
+	 */
+	if (adapter->hw.mac.type == ixgbe_mac_e610)
+		(void)ixgbe_refresh_fw_version(adapter);
+
 	clear_bit(__IXGBE_RESETTING, &adapter->state);
 }