diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c
index 569639dc8b2c8e162a712b727a9762a2cc77b911..aee5d0d1187d63bb8466eb6eae181f3babdd6532 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c
@@ -10287,7 +10287,7 @@ lpfc_els_rcv_fpin(struct lpfc_vport *vport, void *p, u32 fpin_length)
 		/* Send every descriptor individually to the upper layer */
 		if (deliver)
 			fc_host_fpin_rcv(lpfc_shost_from_vport(vport),
-					 fpin_length, (char *)fpin);
+					 fpin_length, (char *)fpin, 0);
 		desc_cnt++;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
index 46e8b38603f0495f1919d51cff583eeef1772e0a..030625ebb4e653a0da4df20f62751f4926332354 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ qla27xx_process_purex_fpin(struct scsi_qla_host *vha, struct purex_item *item)
 	ql_dump_buffer(ql_dbg_init + ql_dbg_verbose, vha, 0x508f,
 		       pkt, pkt_size);
 
-	fc_host_fpin_rcv(vha->host, pkt_size, (char *)pkt);
+	fc_host_fpin_rcv(vha->host, pkt_size, (char *)pkt, 0);
 }
 
 const char *const port_state_str[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
index 0965f8a7134f08079dab58fccd4b1f35bcba128a..f12e9467ebb430a1d9cfbcabccc708dded0cb128 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ static const struct {
 	{ FCH_EVT_PORT_FABRIC,		"port_fabric" },
 	{ FCH_EVT_LINK_UNKNOWN,		"link_unknown" },
 	{ FCH_EVT_LINK_FPIN,		"link_FPIN" },
+	{ FCH_EVT_LINK_FPIN_ACK,	"link_FPIN_ACK" },
 	{ FCH_EVT_VENDOR_UNIQUE,	"vendor_unique" },
 };
 fc_enum_name_search(host_event_code, fc_host_event_code,
@@ -894,17 +895,20 @@ fc_fpin_congn_stats_update(struct Scsi_Host *shost,
  * @shost:		host the FPIN was received on
  * @fpin_len:		length of FPIN payload, in bytes
  * @fpin_buf:		pointer to FPIN payload
- *
+ * @event_acknowledge:	1, if LLDD handles this event.
  * Notes:
  *	This routine assumes no locks are held on entry.
  */
 void
-fc_host_fpin_rcv(struct Scsi_Host *shost, u32 fpin_len, char *fpin_buf)
+fc_host_fpin_rcv(struct Scsi_Host *shost, u32 fpin_len, char *fpin_buf,
+		u8 event_acknowledge)
 {
 	struct fc_els_fpin *fpin = (struct fc_els_fpin *)fpin_buf;
 	struct fc_tlv_desc *tlv;
 	u32 desc_cnt = 0, bytes_remain;
 	u32 dtag;
+	enum fc_host_event_code event_code =
+		event_acknowledge ? FCH_EVT_LINK_FPIN_ACK : FCH_EVT_LINK_FPIN;
 
 	/* Update Statistics */
 	tlv = (struct fc_tlv_desc *)&fpin->fpin_desc[0];
@@ -934,7 +938,7 @@ fc_host_fpin_rcv(struct Scsi_Host *shost, u32 fpin_len, char *fpin_buf)
 	}
 
 	fc_host_post_fc_event(shost, fc_get_event_number(),
-				FCH_EVT_LINK_FPIN, fpin_len, fpin_buf, 0);
+				event_code, fpin_len, fpin_buf, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fc_host_fpin_rcv);
 
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.h b/include/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.h
index 3dcda19d35202538e63fe028bead4597bb2e8ddb..483513c575976c48e9b89a4f6eac67c9c8e10827 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.h
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ enum fc_host_event_code  {
 	FCH_EVT_PORT_FABRIC		= 0x204,
 	FCH_EVT_LINK_UNKNOWN		= 0x500,
 	FCH_EVT_LINK_FPIN		= 0x501,
+	FCH_EVT_LINK_FPIN_ACK		= 0x502,
 	FCH_EVT_VENDOR_UNIQUE		= 0xffff,
 };
 
@@ -856,7 +857,8 @@ void fc_host_post_fc_event(struct Scsi_Host *shost, u32 event_number,
 	 * Note: when calling fc_host_post_fc_event(), vendor_id may be
 	 *   specified as 0.
 	 */
-void fc_host_fpin_rcv(struct Scsi_Host *shost, u32 fpin_len, char *fpin_buf);
+void fc_host_fpin_rcv(struct Scsi_Host *shost, u32 fpin_len, char *fpin_buf,
+		u8 event_acknowledge);
 struct fc_vport *fc_vport_create(struct Scsi_Host *shost, int channel,
 		struct fc_vport_identifiers *);
 int fc_vport_terminate(struct fc_vport *vport);