diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic.h b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic.h
index 477513dc23b740ab27a2b264f1832238f503af93..cd39822778f74976219732817425936f7555ba49 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic.h
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ struct fnic {
 
 	struct work_struct link_work;
 	struct work_struct frame_work;
+	struct work_struct flush_work;
 	struct sk_buff_head frame_queue;
 	struct sk_buff_head tx_queue;
 
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ void fnic_handle_event(struct work_struct *work);
 int fnic_rq_cmpl_handler(struct fnic *fnic, int);
 int fnic_alloc_rq_frame(struct vnic_rq *rq);
 void fnic_free_rq_buf(struct vnic_rq *rq, struct vnic_rq_buf *buf);
-void fnic_flush_tx(struct fnic *);
+void fnic_flush_tx(struct work_struct *work);
 void fnic_eth_send(struct fcoe_ctlr *, struct sk_buff *skb);
 void fnic_set_port_id(struct fc_lport *, u32, struct fc_frame *);
 void fnic_update_mac(struct fc_lport *, u8 *new);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_fcs.c b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_fcs.c
index e3384afb7cbd975733879df2916a94b87f5bad59..90e81c8c63b1fb1d422e7ea19ffd7cb45a9e3d9f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_fcs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_fcs.c
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ int fnic_send(struct fc_lport *lp, struct fc_frame *fp)
 
 /**
  * fnic_flush_tx() - send queued frames.
- * @fnic: fnic device
+ * @work: pointer to work element
  *
  * Send frames that were waiting to go out in FC or Ethernet mode.
  * Whenever changing modes we purge queued frames, so these frames should
@@ -1192,8 +1192,9 @@ int fnic_send(struct fc_lport *lp, struct fc_frame *fp)
  *
  * Called without fnic_lock held.
  */
-void fnic_flush_tx(struct fnic *fnic)
+void fnic_flush_tx(struct work_struct *work)
 {
+	struct fnic *fnic = container_of(work, struct fnic, flush_work);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct fc_frame *fp;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c
index 4f7befb43d60407709c9045fa85de78a26b31169..580ee456eab350d9ad2fb3c640911bc0ae4bce8e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c
@@ -876,6 +876,7 @@ static int fnic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 
 	INIT_WORK(&fnic->link_work, fnic_handle_link);
 	INIT_WORK(&fnic->frame_work, fnic_handle_frame);
+	INIT_WORK(&fnic->flush_work, fnic_flush_tx);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&fnic->frame_queue);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&fnic->tx_queue);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_scsi.c
index d1f7b84bbfe86c318cc694e4f6c0dc2e919f0515..2b714a4bdb6a95e426418d12700ba3766a15b04d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_scsi.c
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static int fnic_fcpio_fw_reset_cmpl_handler(struct fnic *fnic,
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fnic->fnic_lock, flags);
 
-	fnic_flush_tx(fnic);
+	queue_work(fnic_event_queue, &fnic->flush_work);
 
  reset_cmpl_handler_end:
 	fnic_clear_state_flags(fnic, FNIC_FLAGS_FWRESET);
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ static int fnic_fcpio_flogi_reg_cmpl_handler(struct fnic *fnic,
 		}
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fnic->fnic_lock, flags);
 
-		fnic_flush_tx(fnic);
+		queue_work(fnic_event_queue, &fnic->flush_work);
 		queue_work(fnic_event_queue, &fnic->frame_work);
 	} else {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fnic->fnic_lock, flags);