diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.c
index ac0345257b9c85455266e5153cb7bd6122d2f6e1..c29860c05ed441c21a6c085668cceadf19023859 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.c
@@ -963,7 +963,8 @@ static struct flag_table dc8051_info_err_flags[] = {
 	FLAG_ENTRY0("Failed LNI(OptEq)",       FAILED_LNI_OPTEQ),
 	FLAG_ENTRY0("Failed LNI(VerifyCap_1)", FAILED_LNI_VERIFY_CAP1),
 	FLAG_ENTRY0("Failed LNI(VerifyCap_2)", FAILED_LNI_VERIFY_CAP2),
-	FLAG_ENTRY0("Failed LNI(ConfigLT)",    FAILED_LNI_CONFIGLT)
+	FLAG_ENTRY0("Failed LNI(ConfigLT)",    FAILED_LNI_CONFIGLT),
+	FLAG_ENTRY0("Host Handshake Timeout",  HOST_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT)
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.h b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.h
index 9313963b4cf4aedfadf3509908fdd30451038cdc..4f3b878e43ebc0ebc8526eded454073509658176 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/chip.h
@@ -253,12 +253,13 @@
 #define FAILED_LNI_VERIFY_CAP1		BIT(9)
 #define FAILED_LNI_VERIFY_CAP2		BIT(10)
 #define FAILED_LNI_CONFIGLT		BIT(11)
+#define HOST_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT		BIT(12)
 
 #define FAILED_LNI (FAILED_LNI_POLLING | FAILED_LNI_DEBOUNCE \
 			| FAILED_LNI_ESTBCOMM | FAILED_LNI_OPTEQ \
 			| FAILED_LNI_VERIFY_CAP1 \
 			| FAILED_LNI_VERIFY_CAP2 \
-			| FAILED_LNI_CONFIGLT)
+			| FAILED_LNI_CONFIGLT | HOST_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT)
 
 /* DC_DC8051_DBG_ERR_INFO_SET_BY_8051.HOST_MSG - host message flags */
 #define HOST_REQ_DONE		BIT(0)