diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
index eb71877f12f8b712394d92150d7a35dc02a28702..ccdd82b1123f7e1f3a80fa1f000c2e5709753e1d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c
@@ -921,7 +921,11 @@ lpfc_linkdown(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
 		}
 	}
 	lpfc_destroy_vport_work_array(phba, vports);
-	/* Clean up any firmware default rpi's */
+
+	/* Clean up any SLI3 firmware default rpi's */
+	if (phba->sli_rev > LPFC_SLI_REV3)
+		goto skip_unreg_did;
+
 	mb = mempool_alloc(phba->mbox_mem_pool, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (mb) {
 		lpfc_unreg_did(phba, 0xffff, LPFC_UNREG_ALL_DFLT_RPIS, mb);
@@ -933,6 +937,7 @@ lpfc_linkdown(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
 		}
 	}
 
+ skip_unreg_did:
 	/* Setup myDID for link up if we are in pt2pt mode */
 	if (phba->pport->fc_flag & FC_PT2PT) {
 		mb = mempool_alloc(phba->mbox_mem_pool, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -4855,6 +4860,10 @@ lpfc_unreg_default_rpis(struct lpfc_vport *vport)
 	LPFC_MBOXQ_t     *mbox;
 	int rc;
 
+	/* Unreg DID is an SLI3 operation. */
+	if (phba->sli_rev > LPFC_SLI_REV3)
+		return;
+
 	mbox = mempool_alloc(phba->mbox_mem_pool, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (mbox) {
 		lpfc_unreg_did(phba, vport->vpi, LPFC_UNREG_ALL_DFLT_RPIS,