/* Driver Re-login  */
        unsigned long flags;              /* DDB Flags */
+#define DDB_CONN_CLOSE_FAILURE         0 /* 0x00000001 */
+
        uint16_t default_relogin_timeout; /*  Max time to wait for
                                           *  relogin to complete */
        atomic_t retry_relogin_timer;     /* Min Time between relogins
 
 #define MBOX_CMD_CLEAR_DATABASE_ENTRY          0x0031
 #define MBOX_CMD_CONN_OPEN                     0x0074
 #define MBOX_CMD_CONN_CLOSE_SESS_LOGOUT                0x0056
+#define DDB_NOT_LOGGED_IN                      0x09
 #define LOGOUT_OPTION_CLOSE_SESSION            0x0002
 #define LOGOUT_OPTION_RELOGIN                  0x0004
 #define LOGOUT_OPTION_FREE_DDB                 0x0008
 
                                  "%s: MBOX_CMD_CONN_CLOSE_SESS_LOGOUT "
                                  "failed sts %04X %04X", __func__,
                                  mbox_sts[0], mbox_sts[1]));
+               if ((mbox_sts[0] == MBOX_STS_COMMAND_ERROR) &&
+                   (mbox_sts[1] == DDB_NOT_LOGGED_IN)) {
+                       set_bit(DDB_CONN_CLOSE_FAILURE, &ddb_entry->flags);
+               }
        }
 
        return status;
 
        ddb_entry->sess = cls_sess;
        ddb_entry->unblock_sess = qla4xxx_unblock_ddb;
        ddb_entry->ddb_change = qla4xxx_ddb_change;
+       clear_bit(DDB_CONN_CLOSE_FAILURE, &ddb_entry->flags);
        cls_sess->recovery_tmo = ql4xsess_recovery_tmo;
        ha->fw_ddb_index_map[ddb_entry->fw_ddb_index] = ddb_entry;
        ha->tot_ddbs++;
 
 destroy_session:
        qla4xxx_clear_ddb_entry(ha, ddb_entry->fw_ddb_index);
-
+       if (test_and_clear_bit(DDB_CONN_CLOSE_FAILURE, &ddb_entry->flags))
+               clear_bit(ddb_entry->fw_ddb_index, ha->ddb_idx_map);
        spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
        qla4xxx_free_ddb(ha, ddb_entry);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);