diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c
index e1e66a45e4d06f59ab7e35a4b46999d3bba90106..eaf21852887cbdfa174a18bd09af40136c12481c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c
@@ -661,6 +661,8 @@ int qla4xxx_get_fwddb_entry(struct scsi_qla_host *ha,
 	}
 	memset(&mbox_cmd, 0, sizeof(mbox_cmd));
 	memset(&mbox_sts, 0, sizeof(mbox_sts));
+	if (fw_ddb_entry)
+		memset(fw_ddb_entry, 0, sizeof(struct dev_db_entry));
 
 	mbox_cmd[0] = MBOX_CMD_GET_DATABASE_ENTRY;
 	mbox_cmd[1] = (uint32_t) fw_ddb_index;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
index c1189e5fab1484a0380d6c803544d241e632cc66..089443add47ff360b22888e3c3b356f2092ee632 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
@@ -4090,6 +4090,10 @@ static void qla4xxx_build_st_list(struct scsi_qla_host *ha,
 		if (ret == QLA_ERROR)
 			break;
 
+		/* Ignore DDB if invalid state (unassigned) */
+		if (state == DDB_DS_UNASSIGNED)
+			goto continue_next_st;
+
 		/* Check if ST, add to the list_st */
 		if (strlen((char *) fw_ddb_entry->iscsi_name) != 0)
 			goto continue_next_st;