diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c
index 2c35b0b2baa0..7a3744006419 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c
@@ -3708,6 +3708,10 @@ int qla24xx_async_gpnid(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, port_id_t *id)
 	return rval;
 
 done_free_sp:
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&vha->hw->vport_slock, flags);
+	list_del(&sp->elem);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vha->hw->vport_slock, flags);
+
 	if (sp->u.iocb_cmd.u.ctarg.req) {
 		dma_free_coherent(&vha->hw->pdev->dev,
 			sizeof(struct ct_sns_pkt),
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_inline.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_inline.h
index 37ae0f6d8ae5..59fd5a9dfeb8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_inline.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_inline.h
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ qla2xxx_get_qpair_sp(struct qla_qpair *qpair, fc_port_t *fcport, gfp_t flag)
 	sp->fcport = fcport;
 	sp->iocbs = 1;
 	sp->vha = qpair->vha;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sp->elem);
+
 done:
 	if (!sp)
 		QLA_QPAIR_MARK_NOT_BUSY(qpair);