diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
index ab67ec4b6bd632587e18bccc30ae72dceb8fdfd8..4a680ce774ca093d64bf612acddc728337aaf092 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
@@ -3381,6 +3381,7 @@ static void ibmvfc_tgt_send_prli(struct ibmvfc_target *tgt)
 	prli->parms.type = IBMVFC_SCSI_FCP_TYPE;
 	prli->parms.flags = cpu_to_be16(IBMVFC_PRLI_EST_IMG_PAIR);
 	prli->parms.service_parms = cpu_to_be32(IBMVFC_PRLI_INITIATOR_FUNC);
+	prli->parms.service_parms |= cpu_to_be32(IBMVFC_PRLI_READ_FCP_XFER_RDY_DISABLED);
 
 	ibmvfc_set_tgt_action(tgt, IBMVFC_TGT_ACTION_INIT_WAIT);
 	if (ibmvfc_send_event(evt, vhost, default_timeout)) {