diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index c45eef743c457e7f8162438b50dcf8df97f9c4e0..53b18f8c96ca4443edeed2febb6162133ffd7a73 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -4601,6 +4601,7 @@ qla2x00_mem_alloc(struct qla_hw_data *ha, uint16_t req_len, uint16_t rsp_len,
 	ha->init_cb_dma = 0;
 fail_free_vp_map:
 	kfree(ha->vp_map);
+	ha->vp_map = NULL;
 fail:
 	ql_log(ql_log_fatal, NULL, 0x0030,
 	    "Memory allocation failure.\n");