diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
index b1b1d3a3b173..daefe8172b04 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
@@ -3579,11 +3579,9 @@ static void ibmvfc_tgt_implicit_logout(struct ibmvfc_target *tgt)
 static int ibmvfc_adisc_needs_plogi(struct ibmvfc_passthru_mad *mad,
 				    struct ibmvfc_target *tgt)
 {
-	if (memcmp(&mad->fc_iu.response[2], &tgt->ids.port_name,
-		   sizeof(tgt->ids.port_name)))
+	if (wwn_to_u64((u8 *)&mad->fc_iu.response[2]) != tgt->ids.port_name)
 		return 1;
-	if (memcmp(&mad->fc_iu.response[4], &tgt->ids.node_name,
-		   sizeof(tgt->ids.node_name)))
+	if (wwn_to_u64((u8 *)&mad->fc_iu.response[4]) != tgt->ids.node_name)
 		return 1;
 	if (be32_to_cpu(mad->fc_iu.response[6]) != tgt->scsi_id)
 		return 1;