diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/host/pm.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/host/pm.c
index 27f8a40f288c..e48bf44c785c 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/mhi/host/pm.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/host/pm.c
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ static void mhi_pm_sys_error_transition(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl)
 	struct mhi_cmd *mhi_cmd;
 	struct mhi_event_ctxt *er_ctxt;
 	struct device *dev = &mhi_cntrl->mhi_dev->dev;
+	bool reset_device = false;
 	int ret, i;
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "Transitioning from PM state: %s to: %s\n",
@@ -614,8 +615,23 @@ static void mhi_pm_sys_error_transition(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl)
 	/* Wake up threads waiting for state transition */
 	wake_up_all(&mhi_cntrl->state_event);
 
-	/* Trigger MHI RESET so that the device will not access host memory */
 	if (MHI_REG_ACCESS_VALID(prev_state)) {
+		/*
+		 * If the device is in PBL or SBL, it will only respond to
+		 * RESET if the device is in SYSERR state. SYSERR might
+		 * already be cleared at this point.
+		 */
+		enum mhi_state cur_state = mhi_get_mhi_state(mhi_cntrl);
+		enum mhi_ee_type cur_ee = mhi_get_exec_env(mhi_cntrl);
+
+		if (cur_state == MHI_STATE_SYS_ERR)
+			reset_device = true;
+		else if (cur_ee != MHI_EE_PBL && cur_ee != MHI_EE_SBL)
+			reset_device = true;
+	}
+
+	/* Trigger MHI RESET so that the device will not access host memory */
+	if (reset_device) {
 		u32 in_reset = -1;
 		unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(mhi_cntrl->timeout_ms);