diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
index aebe62c9246d779d3b5fa272d2533e08bf4f30a3..43f91778371bd06e3661209f10f66bb90ec53714 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
@@ -3277,6 +3277,7 @@ static int qlt_handle_cmd_for_atio(struct scsi_qla_host *vha,
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
 		memcpy(&op->atio, atio, sizeof(*atio));
+		op->vha = vha;
 		INIT_WORK(&op->work, qlt_create_sess_from_atio);
 		queue_work(qla_tgt_wq, &op->work);
 		return 0;