diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c
index fc08e46a93ca93a85bb8c84c5bb08876915896d4..98d936f18b65e19c94e312417f9314b14bfad08d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c
@@ -4225,10 +4225,13 @@ static void qla2x00_async_gpnft_gnnft_sp_done(void *s, int res)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (cmd == GPN_FT_CMD)
+	if (cmd == GPN_FT_CMD) {
+		del_timer(&sp->u.iocb_cmd.timer);
 		e = qla2x00_alloc_work(vha, QLA_EVT_GPNFT_DONE);
-	else
+	} else {
 		e = qla2x00_alloc_work(vha, QLA_EVT_GNNFT_DONE);
+	}
+
 	if (!e) {
 		/* please ignore kernel warning. Otherwise, we have mem leak. */
 		if (sp->u.iocb_cmd.u.ctarg.req) {
@@ -4357,7 +4360,6 @@ void qla24xx_async_gpnft_done(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, srb_t *sp)
 {
 	ql_dbg(ql_dbg_disc, vha, 0xffff,
 	    "%s enter\n", __func__);
-	del_timer(&sp->u.iocb_cmd.timer);
 	qla24xx_async_gnnft(vha, sp, sp->gen2);
 }