vport->fc_flag |= FC_PT2PT;
        spin_unlock_irq(shost->host_lock);
 
+       /* If we are pt2pt with another NPort, force NPIV off! */
+       phba->sli3_options &= ~LPFC_SLI3_NPIV_ENABLED;
+
        /* If physical FC port changed, unreg VFI and ALL VPIs / RPIs */
        if ((phba->sli_rev == LPFC_SLI_REV4) && phba->fc_topology_changed) {
                lpfc_unregister_fcf_prep(phba);
                spin_lock_irq(shost->host_lock);
                ndlp->nlp_flag |= NLP_NPR_2B_DISC;
                spin_unlock_irq(shost->host_lock);
-       } else
+
+               mbox = mempool_alloc(phba->mbox_mem_pool, GFP_KERNEL);
+               if (!mbox)
+                       goto fail;
+
+               lpfc_config_link(phba, mbox);
+
+               mbox->mbox_cmpl = lpfc_mbx_cmpl_local_config_link;
+               mbox->vport = vport;
+               rc = lpfc_sli_issue_mbox(phba, mbox, MBX_NOWAIT);
+               if (rc == MBX_NOT_FINISHED) {
+                       mempool_free(mbox, phba->mbox_mem_pool);
+                       goto fail;
+               }
+       } else {
                /* This side will wait for the PLOGI, decrement ndlp reference
                 * count indicating that ndlp can be released when other
                 * references to it are done.
                 */
                lpfc_nlp_put(ndlp);
 
-       /* If we are pt2pt with another NPort, force NPIV off! */
-       phba->sli3_options &= ~LPFC_SLI3_NPIV_ENABLED;
-
-       mbox = mempool_alloc(phba->mbox_mem_pool, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!mbox)
-               goto fail;
-
-       lpfc_config_link(phba, mbox);
-
-       mbox->mbox_cmpl = lpfc_mbx_cmpl_local_config_link;
-       mbox->vport = vport;
-       rc = lpfc_sli_issue_mbox(phba, mbox, MBX_NOWAIT);
-       if (rc == MBX_NOT_FINISHED) {
-               mempool_free(mbox, phba->mbox_mem_pool);
-               goto fail;
+               /* Start discovery - this should just do CLEAR_LA */
+               lpfc_disc_start(vport);
        }
 
        return 0;