diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
index ea027f6a7fd4e949c1a9a53aad0de00b0a7ee361..8404f17f3c6cfb7c3bd5c3a6910541d9e87046db 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
@@ -464,7 +464,9 @@ qla2x00_start_iocbs(struct scsi_qla_host *vha, struct req_que *req)
 			req->ring_ptr++;
 
 		/* Set chip new ring index. */
-		if (ha->mqenable || IS_QLA83XX(ha) || IS_QLA27XX(ha)) {
+		if (ha->mqenable || IS_QLA27XX(ha)) {
+			WRT_REG_DWORD(req->req_q_in, req->ring_index);
+		} else if (IS_QLA83XX(ha)) {
 			WRT_REG_DWORD(req->req_q_in, req->ring_index);
 			RD_REG_DWORD_RELAXED(&ha->iobase->isp24.hccr);
 		} else if (IS_QLAFX00(ha)) {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
index a8e57072019be2002a17de90ed3a736a7d83fe8a..88eea4d3448734d3e6ecdac5b9a7d19ed7185513 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
@@ -2252,11 +2252,10 @@ static void qlt_unmap_sg(struct scsi_qla_host *vha, struct qla_tgt_cmd *cmd)
 static int qlt_check_reserve_free_req(struct scsi_qla_host *vha,
 	uint32_t req_cnt)
 {
-	uint32_t cnt, cnt_in;
+	uint32_t cnt;
 
 	if (vha->req->cnt < (req_cnt + 2)) {
 		cnt = (uint16_t)RD_REG_DWORD(vha->req->req_q_out);
-		cnt_in = (uint16_t)RD_REG_DWORD(vha->req->req_q_in);
 
 		if  (vha->req->ring_index < cnt)
 			vha->req->cnt = cnt - vha->req->ring_index;
@@ -2264,14 +2263,8 @@ static int qlt_check_reserve_free_req(struct scsi_qla_host *vha,
 			vha->req->cnt = vha->req->length -
 			    (vha->req->ring_index - cnt);
 
-		if (unlikely(vha->req->cnt < (req_cnt + 2))) {
-			ql_dbg(ql_dbg_io, vha, 0x305a,
-			    "qla_target(%d): There is no room in the request ring: vha->req->ring_index=%d, vha->req->cnt=%d, req_cnt=%d Req-out=%d Req-in=%d Req-Length=%d\n",
-			    vha->vp_idx, vha->req->ring_index,
-			    vha->req->cnt, req_cnt, cnt, cnt_in,
-			    vha->req->length);
+		if (unlikely(vha->req->cnt < (req_cnt + 2)))
 			return -EAGAIN;
-		}
 	}
 
 	vha->req->cnt -= req_cnt;