unsigned short cid = beiscsi_ep->ep_cid;
        struct be_sge *sge;
 
+       if (dst_addr->sa_family != PF_INET && dst_addr->sa_family != PF_INET6) {
+               beiscsi_log(phba, KERN_ERR, BEISCSI_LOG_CONFIG,
+                           "BG_%d : unknown addr family %d\n",
+                           dst_addr->sa_family);
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
        phwi_ctrlr = phba->phwi_ctrlr;
        phwi_context = phwi_ctrlr->phwi_ctxt;
 
                beiscsi_ep->dst_addr = daddr_in->sin_addr.s_addr;
                beiscsi_ep->dst_tcpport = ntohs(daddr_in->sin_port);
                beiscsi_ep->ip_type = BE2_IPV4;
-       } else if (dst_addr->sa_family == PF_INET6) {
+       } else {
+               /* else its PF_INET6 family */
                req->ip_address.ip_type = BE2_IPV6;
                memcpy(&req->ip_address.addr,
                       &daddr_in6->sin6_addr.in6_u.u6_addr8, 16);
                memcpy(&beiscsi_ep->dst6_addr,
                       &daddr_in6->sin6_addr.in6_u.u6_addr8, 16);
                beiscsi_ep->ip_type = BE2_IPV6;
-       } else{
-               beiscsi_log(phba, KERN_ERR, BEISCSI_LOG_CONFIG,
-                           "BG_%d : unknown addr family %d\n",
-                           dst_addr->sa_family);
-               mutex_unlock(&ctrl->mbox_lock);
-               free_mcc_tag(&phba->ctrl, tag);
-               return -EINVAL;
-
        }
        req->cid = cid;
        i = phba->nxt_cqid++;