diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
index b28f159fdaee79fe194be3cddc81e1842059e104..0bb9ac6ece9205b8f652fa55a7f752b780012ff5 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ qla2x00_sysfs_write_nvram(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 
 	mutex_lock(&ha->optrom_mutex);
 	if (qla2x00_chip_is_down(vha)) {
-		mutex_unlock(&vha->hw->optrom_mutex);
+		mutex_unlock(&ha->optrom_mutex);
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}