diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nportdisc.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nportdisc.c
index bd8dc6a2243c0bd8422669dfed2f56502f3ff8d2..3dfed191252cfe6f710e0597a4060f3816c73281 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nportdisc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nportdisc.c
@@ -483,8 +483,10 @@ lpfc_rcv_plogi(struct lpfc_vport *vport, struct lpfc_nodelist *ndlp,
 	 * single discovery thread, this will cause a huge delay in
 	 * discovery. Also this will cause multiple state machines
 	 * running in parallel for this node.
+	 * This only applies to a fabric environment.
 	 */
-	if (ndlp->nlp_state == NLP_STE_PLOGI_ISSUE) {
+	if ((ndlp->nlp_state == NLP_STE_PLOGI_ISSUE) &&
+	    (vport->fc_flag & FC_FABRIC)) {
 		/* software abort outstanding PLOGI */
 		lpfc_els_abort(phba, ndlp);
 	}