diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_dbg.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_dbg.c
index 7e7cd79038be07c1ebd8036e85b3fe87e04c0714..065449e0f347f1217573add2f57a91d0e666a350 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_dbg.c
@@ -2520,8 +2520,6 @@ qla83xx_fw_dump(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, int hardware_locked)
 static inline int
 ql_mask_match(uint32_t level)
 {
-	if (ql2xextended_error_logging == 1)
-		ql2xextended_error_logging = QL_DBG_DEFAULT1_MASK;
 	return (level & ql2xextended_error_logging) == level;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index 5b033e265a3be64a12c195cc0f6d7aa75c731f6f..10c3ee53ec3a639c121761c191fcfa01d2a02116 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -6648,6 +6648,8 @@ qla2x00_module_init(void)
 	strcpy(qla2x00_version_str, QLA2XXX_VERSION);
 	if (ql2xextended_error_logging)
 		strcat(qla2x00_version_str, "-debug");
+	if (ql2xextended_error_logging == 1)
+		ql2xextended_error_logging = QL_DBG_DEFAULT1_MASK;
 
 	qla2xxx_transport_template =
 	    fc_attach_transport(&qla2xxx_transport_functions);