diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
index e641aaa1a0f6..e09e0310b4c8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
@@ -4184,11 +4184,11 @@ static int ibmvfc_alloc_target(struct ibmvfc_host *vhost,
 	tgt->wwpn = wwpn;
 	tgt->vhost = vhost;
 	tgt->need_login = 1;
-	tgt->cancel_key = vhost->task_set++;
 	timer_setup(&tgt->timer, ibmvfc_adisc_timeout, 0);
 	kref_init(&tgt->kref);
 	ibmvfc_init_tgt(tgt, ibmvfc_tgt_implicit_logout);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
+	tgt->cancel_key = vhost->task_set++;
 	list_add_tail(&tgt->queue, &vhost->targets);
 
 unlock_out: