diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
index aa4961a2caf81f4418e9c0bcc71808636bcd755f..3fb20ade90057f029cd90d84f77dc56ab9446bc0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
@@ -4868,6 +4868,10 @@ lpfc_unreg_rpi(struct lpfc_vport *vport, struct lpfc_nodelist *ndlp)
 					 * accept PLOGIs after unreg_rpi_cmpl
 					 */
 					acc_plogi = 0;
+				} else if (vport->load_flag & FC_UNLOADING) {
+					mbox->ctx_ndlp = NULL;
+					mbox->mbox_cmpl =
+						lpfc_sli_def_mbox_cmpl;
 				} else {
 					mbox->ctx_ndlp = ndlp;
 					mbox->mbox_cmpl =
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
index 57b4a463b5892d2f0cd0f56697d3a4b168b9a500..de5715b07522bff85e9e7e7a13f0047b9675c928 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
@@ -2502,8 +2502,8 @@ lpfc_sli_def_mbox_cmpl(struct lpfc_hba *phba, LPFC_MBOXQ_t *pmb)
 			} else {
 				ndlp->nlp_flag &= ~NLP_UNREG_INP;
 			}
+			pmb->ctx_ndlp = NULL;
 		}
-		pmb->ctx_ndlp = NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* Check security permission status on INIT_LINK mailbox command */