diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
index 6bff13e7afc7b706a69ab8c99562e5f0e5ce9ddf..cd6be7be0c5ba4445073a8cd5a28092ae44a075e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
@@ -4903,13 +4903,22 @@ _scsih_sas_host_add(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc)
 	u16 ioc_status;
 	u16 sz;
 	u8 device_missing_delay;
+	u8 num_phys;
 
-	mpt3sas_config_get_number_hba_phys(ioc, &ioc->sas_hba.num_phys);
-	if (!ioc->sas_hba.num_phys) {
+	mpt3sas_config_get_number_hba_phys(ioc, &num_phys);
+	if (!num_phys) {
 		pr_err(MPT3SAS_FMT "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
 		    ioc->name, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);
 		return;
 	}
+	ioc->sas_hba.phy = kcalloc(num_phys,
+	    sizeof(struct _sas_phy), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ioc->sas_hba.phy) {
+		pr_err(MPT3SAS_FMT "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
+		    ioc->name, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	ioc->sas_hba.num_phys = num_phys;
 
 	/* sas_iounit page 0 */
 	sz = offsetof(Mpi2SasIOUnitPage0_t, PhyData) + (ioc->sas_hba.num_phys *
@@ -4969,13 +4978,6 @@ _scsih_sas_host_add(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc)
 		    MPI2_SASIOUNIT1_REPORT_MISSING_TIMEOUT_MASK;
 
 	ioc->sas_hba.parent_dev = &ioc->shost->shost_gendev;
-	ioc->sas_hba.phy = kcalloc(ioc->sas_hba.num_phys,
-	    sizeof(struct _sas_phy), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ioc->sas_hba.phy) {
-		pr_err(MPT3SAS_FMT "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
-		    ioc->name, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);
-		goto out;
-	}
 	for (i = 0; i < ioc->sas_hba.num_phys ; i++) {
 		if ((mpt3sas_config_get_phy_pg0(ioc, &mpi_reply, &phy_pg0,
 		    i))) {