diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
index 336b8c665cb43..bb6687130e7f8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
@@ -4384,7 +4384,6 @@ struct qla_hw_data {
 	uint8_t		aen_mbx_count;
 	atomic_t	num_pend_mbx_stage1;
 	atomic_t	num_pend_mbx_stage2;
-	atomic_t	num_pend_mbx_stage3;
 	uint16_t	frame_payload_size;
 
 	uint32_t	login_retry_count;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
index d8e7ca28886a6..f7c0ad8960713 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
@@ -7390,14 +7390,15 @@ qla2x00_abort_isp_cleanup(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 	}
 
 	/* purge MBox commands */
-	if (atomic_read(&ha->num_pend_mbx_stage3)) {
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
+	if (test_bit(MBX_INTR_WAIT, &ha->mbx_cmd_flags)) {
 		clear_bit(MBX_INTR_WAIT, &ha->mbx_cmd_flags);
 		complete(&ha->mbx_intr_comp);
 	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
 
 	i = 0;
-	while (atomic_read(&ha->num_pend_mbx_stage3) ||
-	    atomic_read(&ha->num_pend_mbx_stage2) ||
+	while (atomic_read(&ha->num_pend_mbx_stage2) ||
 	    atomic_read(&ha->num_pend_mbx_stage1)) {
 		msleep(20);
 		i++;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c
index b05f930378756..21ec32b4fb280 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ qla2x00_mailbox_command(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, mbx_cmd_t *mcp)
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
 
 		wait_time = jiffies;
-		atomic_inc(&ha->num_pend_mbx_stage3);
 		if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&ha->mbx_intr_comp,
 		    mcp->tov * HZ)) {
 			ql_dbg(ql_dbg_mbx, vha, 0x117a,
@@ -290,7 +289,6 @@ qla2x00_mailbox_command(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, mbx_cmd_t *mcp)
 				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->hardware_lock,
 				    flags);
 				atomic_dec(&ha->num_pend_mbx_stage2);
-				atomic_dec(&ha->num_pend_mbx_stage3);
 				rval = QLA_ABORTED;
 				goto premature_exit;
 			}
@@ -302,11 +300,9 @@ qla2x00_mailbox_command(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, mbx_cmd_t *mcp)
 			ha->flags.mbox_busy = 0;
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
 			atomic_dec(&ha->num_pend_mbx_stage2);
-			atomic_dec(&ha->num_pend_mbx_stage3);
 			rval = QLA_ABORTED;
 			goto premature_exit;
 		}
-		atomic_dec(&ha->num_pend_mbx_stage3);
 
 		if (time_after(jiffies, wait_time + 5 * HZ))
 			ql_log(ql_log_warn, vha, 0x1015, "cmd=0x%x, waited %d msecs\n",
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index 7045757a1a1ea..7d2ad3e811bbb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -3007,7 +3007,6 @@ qla2x00_probe_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	ha->max_exchg = FW_MAX_EXCHANGES_CNT;
 	atomic_set(&ha->num_pend_mbx_stage1, 0);
 	atomic_set(&ha->num_pend_mbx_stage2, 0);
-	atomic_set(&ha->num_pend_mbx_stage3, 0);
 	atomic_set(&ha->zio_threshold, DEFAULT_ZIO_THRESHOLD);
 	ha->last_zio_threshold = DEFAULT_ZIO_THRESHOLD;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ha->tmf_pending);