diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index b3bb974ae797..1e2f52210f60 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -4602,6 +4602,7 @@ 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");