diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
index 0e7915ecb85a..5c847ef459cd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
@@ -17274,6 +17274,7 @@ lpfc_drain_txq(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
 					fail_msg,
 					piocbq->iotag, piocbq->sli4_xritag);
 			list_add_tail(&piocbq->list, &completions);
+			fail_msg = NULL;
 		}
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pring->ring_lock, iflags);
 	}