diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
index 1f32f0610bc03ea50c063620a377e8709ddf5450..b200b736b000dc357ba2e416fb899b394c12fd3a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
@@ -676,6 +676,16 @@ static void hpsa_scsi_replace_entry(struct ctlr_info *h, int hostno,
 	BUG_ON(entry < 0 || entry >= HPSA_MAX_SCSI_DEVS_PER_HBA);
 	removed[*nremoved] = h->dev[entry];
 	(*nremoved)++;
+
+	/*
+	 * New physical devices won't have target/lun assigned yet
+	 * so we need to preserve the values in the slot we are replacing.
+	 */
+	if (new_entry->target == -1) {
+		new_entry->target = h->dev[entry]->target;
+		new_entry->lun = h->dev[entry]->lun;
+	}
+
 	h->dev[entry] = new_entry;
 	added[*nadded] = new_entry;
 	(*nadded)++;