diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
index 60d999d..54246f9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c
@@ -3823,6 +3823,7 @@
 
 	if (ha->flags.mbox_busy) {
 		ha->flags.mbox_int = 1;
+		ha->flags.mbox_busy = 0;
 		ql_log(ql_log_warn, vha, 0x6010,
 		    "Doing premature completion of mbx command.\n");
 		if (test_bit(MBX_INTR_WAIT, &ha->mbx_cmd_flags))