diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
index d13e91e16425..3b20cf8b161e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
@@ -5893,7 +5893,6 @@ static void qlt_abort_work(struct qla_tgt *tgt,
 	struct qla_hw_data *ha = vha->hw;
 	struct qla_tgt_sess *sess = NULL;
 	unsigned long flags = 0, flags2 = 0;
-	uint32_t be_s_id;
 	uint8_t s_id[3];
 	int rc;
 
@@ -5906,8 +5905,7 @@ static void qlt_abort_work(struct qla_tgt *tgt,
 	s_id[1] = prm->abts.fcp_hdr_le.s_id[1];
 	s_id[2] = prm->abts.fcp_hdr_le.s_id[0];
 
-	sess = ha->tgt.tgt_ops->find_sess_by_s_id(vha,
-	    (unsigned char *)&be_s_id);
+	sess = ha->tgt.tgt_ops->find_sess_by_s_id(vha, s_id);
 	if (!sess) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->tgt.sess_lock, flags2);