sess->plogi_link[QLT_PLOGI_LINK_SAME_WWN] = NULL;
                }
        }
+
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->tgt.sess_lock, flags);
 
        ql_dbg(ql_dbg_tgt_mgt, vha, 0xf001,
                wake_up_all(&vha->fcport_waitQ);
 
        base_vha = pci_get_drvdata(ha->pdev);
+
+       sess->free_pending = 0;
+
        if (test_bit(PFLG_DRIVER_REMOVING, &base_vha->pci_flags))
                return;
 
 void qlt_unreg_sess(struct fc_port *sess)
 {
        struct scsi_qla_host *vha = sess->vha;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
        ql_dbg(ql_dbg_disc, sess->vha, 0x210a,
            "%s sess %p for deletion %8phC\n",
            __func__, sess, sess->port_name);
 
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&sess->vha->work_lock, flags);
+       if (sess->free_pending) {
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sess->vha->work_lock, flags);
+               return;
+       }
+       sess->free_pending = 1;
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sess->vha->work_lock, flags);
+
        if (sess->se_sess)
                vha->hw->tgt.tgt_ops->clear_nacl_from_fcport_map(sess);