diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
index 7757e558d523ad197e42c187f2c3bce7a3743071..6905ffd135b34ffab0b31cc6b7eaae2bc2bddb37 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ static struct scsi_target *scsi_alloc_target(struct device *parent,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&starget->siblings);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&starget->devices);
 	starget->state = STARGET_RUNNING;
+	starget->scsi_level = SCSI_2;
  retry:
 	spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
index 259c90cfa367027a29e812645fa5ab9e856ff28d..c275dcac3f18b7b4abc1bd984cb1601de3f0a770 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ void scsi_sysfs_device_initialize(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 	snprintf(sdev->sdev_classdev.class_id, BUS_ID_SIZE,
 		 "%d:%d:%d:%d", sdev->host->host_no,
 		 sdev->channel, sdev->id, sdev->lun);
-	sdev->scsi_level = SCSI_2;
+	sdev->scsi_level = starget->scsi_level;
 	transport_setup_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags);
 	list_add_tail(&sdev->same_target_siblings, &starget->devices);