/* LOGO completes to NPort <nlp_DID> */
        lpfc_printf_vlog(vport, KERN_INFO, LOG_ELS,
                         "0105 LOGO completes to NPort x%x "
-                        "Data: x%x x%x x%x x%x\n",
-                        ndlp->nlp_DID, irsp->ulpStatus, irsp->un.ulpWord[4],
+                        "refcnt %d nflags x%x Data: x%x x%x x%x x%x\n",
+                        ndlp->nlp_DID, kref_read(&ndlp->kref), ndlp->nlp_flag,
+                        irsp->ulpStatus, irsp->un.ulpWord[4],
                         irsp->ulpTimeout, vport->num_disc_nodes);
 
        if (lpfc_els_chk_latt(vport)) {
                goto out;
        }
 
-       /* Check to see if link went down during discovery */
-       if (ndlp->nlp_flag & NLP_TARGET_REMOVE) {
-               /* NLP_EVT_DEVICE_RM should unregister the RPI
-                * which should abort all outstanding IOs.
-                */
-               lpfc_disc_state_machine(vport, ndlp, cmdiocb,
-                                       NLP_EVT_DEVICE_RM);
-               skip_recovery = 1;
-               goto out;
-       }
-
        /* The LOGO will not be retried on failure.  A LOGO was
         * issued to the remote rport and a ACC or RJT or no Answer are
         * all acceptable.  Note the failure and move forward with
        /* Call state machine. This will unregister the rpi if needed. */
        lpfc_disc_state_machine(vport, ndlp, cmdiocb, NLP_EVT_CMPL_LOGO);
 
+       /* The driver sets this flag for an NPIV instance that doesn't want to
+        * log into the remote port.
+        */
+       if (ndlp->nlp_flag & NLP_TARGET_REMOVE) {
+               lpfc_disc_state_machine(vport, ndlp, cmdiocb,
+                                       NLP_EVT_DEVICE_RM);
+               lpfc_els_free_iocb(phba, cmdiocb);
+               lpfc_nlp_put(ndlp);
+
+               /* Presume the node was released. */
+               return;
+       }
+
 out:
        /* Driver is done with the IO.  */
        lpfc_els_free_iocb(phba, cmdiocb);
                irsp->ulpStatus, irsp->un.ulpWord[4], ndlp->nlp_DID);
        /* ACC to LOGO completes to NPort <nlp_DID> */
        lpfc_printf_vlog(vport, KERN_INFO, LOG_ELS,
-                        "0109 ACC to LOGO completes to NPort x%x "
+                        "0109 ACC to LOGO completes to NPort x%x refcnt %d"
                         "Data: x%x x%x x%x\n",
-                        ndlp->nlp_DID, ndlp->nlp_flag, ndlp->nlp_state,
-                        ndlp->nlp_rpi);
+                        ndlp->nlp_DID, kref_read(&ndlp->kref), ndlp->nlp_flag,
+                        ndlp->nlp_state, ndlp->nlp_rpi);
 
        if (ndlp->nlp_state == NLP_STE_NPR_NODE) {
                /* NPort Recovery mode or node is just allocated */
        /* ELS command <elsCmd> received from NPORT <did> */
        lpfc_printf_vlog(vport, KERN_INFO, LOG_ELS,
                         "0112 ELS command x%x received from NPORT x%x "
-                        "Data: x%x x%x x%x x%x\n",
-                       cmd, did, vport->port_state, vport->fc_flag,
-                       vport->fc_myDID, vport->fc_prevDID);
+                        "refcnt %d Data: x%x x%x x%x x%x\n",
+                        cmd, did, kref_read(&ndlp->kref), vport->port_state,
+                        vport->fc_flag, vport->fc_myDID, vport->fc_prevDID);
 
        /* reject till our FLOGI completes or PLOGI assigned DID via PT2PT */
        if ((vport->port_state < LPFC_FABRIC_CFG_LINK) &&
        spin_lock_irq(shost->host_lock);
        if (vport->fc_flag & FC_DISC_DELAYED) {
                spin_unlock_irq(shost->host_lock);
-               lpfc_printf_log(phba, KERN_ERR, LOG_TRACE_EVENT,
-                               "3334 Delay fc port discovery for %d seconds\n",
-                               phba->fc_ratov);
+               lpfc_printf_vlog(vport, KERN_ERR, LOG_TRACE_EVENT,
+                                "3334 Delay fc port discovery for %d secs\n",
+                                phba->fc_ratov);
                mod_timer(&vport->delayed_disc_tmo,
                        jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(1000 * phba->fc_ratov));
                return;
 
 {
        unsigned long iflags;
 
+       /* Driver always gets a reference on the mailbox job
+        * in support of async jobs.
+        */
+       mbox->ctx_ndlp = lpfc_nlp_get(ndlp);
+       if (!mbox->ctx_ndlp)
+               return;
+
        if (ndlp->nlp_flag & NLP_ISSUE_LOGO) {
-               mbox->ctx_ndlp = ndlp;
                mbox->mbox_cmpl = lpfc_nlp_logo_unreg;
 
        } else if (phba->sli_rev == LPFC_SLI_REV4 &&
                    (bf_get(lpfc_sli_intf_if_type, &phba->sli4_hba.sli_intf) >=
                                      LPFC_SLI_INTF_IF_TYPE_2) &&
                    (kref_read(&ndlp->kref) > 0)) {
-               mbox->ctx_ndlp = lpfc_nlp_get(ndlp);
                mbox->mbox_cmpl = lpfc_sli4_unreg_rpi_cmpl_clr;
        } else {
                if (vport->load_flag & FC_UNLOADING) {
                                ndlp->nlp_flag |= NLP_RELEASE_RPI;
                                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ndlp->lock, iflags);
                        }
-                       lpfc_nlp_get(ndlp);
                }
-               mbox->ctx_ndlp = ndlp;
                mbox->mbox_cmpl = lpfc_sli_def_mbox_cmpl;
        }
 }
                        lpfc_unreg_login(phba, vport->vpi, rpi, mbox);
                        mbox->vport = vport;
                        lpfc_set_unreg_login_mbx_cmpl(phba, vport, ndlp, mbox);
+                       if (!mbox->ctx_ndlp) {
+                               mempool_free(mbox, phba->mbox_mem_pool);
+                               return 1;
+                       }
+
                        if (mbox->mbox_cmpl == lpfc_sli4_unreg_rpi_cmpl_clr)
                                /*
                                 * accept PLOGIs after unreg_rpi_cmpl
        struct lpfc_hba  *phba = vport->phba;
        LPFC_MBOXQ_t *mb, *nextmb;
        struct lpfc_dmabuf *mp;
-       unsigned long iflags;
 
        /* Cleanup node for NPort <nlp_DID> */
        lpfc_printf_vlog(vport, KERN_INFO, LOG_NODE,
        lpfc_cleanup_vports_rrqs(vport, ndlp);
        if (phba->sli_rev == LPFC_SLI_REV4)
                ndlp->nlp_flag |= NLP_RELEASE_RPI;
-       if (!lpfc_unreg_rpi(vport, ndlp)) {
-               /* Clean up unregistered and non freed rpis */
-               if ((ndlp->nlp_flag & NLP_RELEASE_RPI) &&
-                   !(ndlp->nlp_rpi == LPFC_RPI_ALLOC_ERROR)) {
-                       lpfc_sli4_free_rpi(vport->phba,
-                                          ndlp->nlp_rpi);
-                       spin_lock_irqsave(&ndlp->lock, iflags);
-                       ndlp->nlp_flag &= ~NLP_RELEASE_RPI;
-                       ndlp->nlp_rpi = LPFC_RPI_ALLOC_ERROR;
-                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ndlp->lock, iflags);
-               }
-       }
        return 0;
 }