diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
index d08121f246c39052abf37ad3372e78600276421d..6acb7778f5571d833259487616beb7f6fa2b14df 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ static int fcoe_lport_config(struct fc_lport *lp)
 	lp->link_up = 0;
 	lp->qfull = 0;
 	lp->max_retry_count = 3;
+	lp->max_rport_retry_count = 3;
 	lp->e_d_tov = 2 * 1000;	/* FC-FS default */
 	lp->r_a_tov = 2 * 2 * 1000;
 	lp->service_params = (FCP_SPPF_INIT_FCN | FCP_SPPF_RD_XRDY_DIS |
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c
index 32ef6b87d8953142aa8bdd24092f7f2d77540c00..a84072865fc2615a7a9fcce47c48b94fe05f4592 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c
@@ -680,6 +680,7 @@ static int __devinit fnic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	}
 
 	lp->max_retry_count = fnic->config.flogi_retries;
+	lp->max_rport_retry_count = fnic->config.plogi_retries;
 	lp->service_params = (FCP_SPPF_INIT_FCN | FCP_SPPF_RD_XRDY_DIS |
 			      FCP_SPPF_CONF_COMPL);
 	if (fnic->config.flags & VFCF_FCP_SEQ_LVL_ERR)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_rport.c b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_rport.c
index 3f5094ebc3975e4917d2a36a7e7adecbd1413ed4..7bfbff7e0efb256656d1ef6ce8a5e8ac68fa9c69 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_rport.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_rport.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ static void fc_rport_error_retry(struct fc_rport *rport, struct fc_frame *fp)
 	if (PTR_ERR(fp) == -FC_EX_CLOSED)
 		return fc_rport_error(rport, fp);
 
-	if (rdata->retries < rdata->local_port->max_retry_count) {
+	if (rdata->retries < rdata->local_port->max_rport_retry_count) {
 		FC_DEBUG_RPORT("Error %ld in state %s, retrying\n",
 			       PTR_ERR(fp), fc_rport_state(rport));
 		rdata->retries++;
diff --git a/include/scsi/libfc.h b/include/scsi/libfc.h
index 45f9cc642c46572623eaf09568332edcd17f475c..ebdd9f4cf070da669c2b80a817c9b156e51f360e 100644
--- a/include/scsi/libfc.h
+++ b/include/scsi/libfc.h
@@ -679,6 +679,7 @@ struct fc_lport {
 	unsigned int		e_d_tov;
 	unsigned int		r_a_tov;
 	u8			max_retry_count;
+	u8			max_rport_retry_count;
 	u16			link_speed;
 	u16			link_supported_speeds;
 	u16			lro_xid;	/* max xid for fcoe lro */