diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
index 5a605773dd0a02c191ffa6f23d16f613215d6966..9fd238d49117e91992af870528f5726814402580 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
@@ -9235,6 +9235,7 @@ lpfc_sli4_release_hdwq(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
 		/* Free the CQ/WQ corresponding to the Hardware Queue */
 		lpfc_sli4_queue_free(hdwq[idx].io_cq);
 		lpfc_sli4_queue_free(hdwq[idx].io_wq);
+		hdwq[idx].hba_eq = NULL;
 		hdwq[idx].io_cq = NULL;
 		hdwq[idx].io_wq = NULL;
 		if (phba->cfg_xpsgl && !phba->nvmet_support)