diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
index 072ad1aa55051e7b28d26ec13bd0e5105cb08da9..8f83571afc7baf085d4eece9e7ea176d775dd763 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
@@ -7804,6 +7804,7 @@ struct qla_qpair *qla2xxx_create_qpair(struct scsi_qla_host *vha, int qos,
 		ha->queue_pair_map[qpair_id] = qpair;
 		qpair->id = qpair_id;
 		qpair->vp_idx = vp_idx;
+		qpair->fw_started = ha->flags.fw_started;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&qpair->hints_list);
 		qpair->chip_reset = ha->base_qpair->chip_reset;
 		qpair->enable_class_2 = ha->base_qpair->enable_class_2;