diff --git a/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c b/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c
index b321d79d8e1..fdbb08c4272 100644
--- a/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c
+++ b/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c
@@ -3677,7 +3677,7 @@ bge_asf_driver_up(struct bge_softc *sc)
 		if (sc->bge_asf_count)
 			sc->bge_asf_count --;
 		else {
-			sc->bge_asf_count = 5;
+			sc->bge_asf_count = 2;
 			bge_writemem_ind(sc, BGE_SOFTWARE_GENCOMM_FW,
 			    BGE_FW_DRV_ALIVE);
 			bge_writemem_ind(sc, BGE_SOFTWARE_GENNCOMM_FW_LEN, 4);