diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index 46f2d0cf7c0d..dfbf82e716b0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -3193,10 +3193,11 @@ qla2x00_probe_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	    host->can_queue, base_vha->req,
 	    base_vha->mgmt_svr_loop_id, host->sg_tablesize);
 
+	ha->wq = alloc_workqueue("qla2xxx_wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+
 	if (ha->mqenable) {
 		bool mq = false;
 		bool startit = false;
-		ha->wq = alloc_workqueue("qla2xxx_wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 
 		if (QLA_TGT_MODE_ENABLED()) {
 			mq = true;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
index 1259ec85ec0a..924d58f5408f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
@@ -1205,7 +1205,8 @@ void qlt_schedule_sess_for_deletion(struct fc_port *sess,
 	ql_dbg(ql_dbg_tgt, sess->vha, 0xe001,
 	    "Scheduling sess %p for deletion\n", sess);
 
-	schedule_work(&sess->del_work);
+	INIT_WORK(&sess->del_work, qla24xx_delete_sess_fn);
+	queue_work(sess->vha->hw->wq, &sess->del_work);
 }
 
 void qlt_schedule_sess_for_deletion_lock(struct fc_port *sess)