1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c
index e931ae6e7464..08a0c00cfc30 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c
@@ -102,9 +102,8 @@ lpfc_prep_els_iocb(struct lpfc_hba * phba,
                    uint16_t cmdSize,
                    uint8_t retry, struct lpfc_nodelist * ndlp, uint32_t elscmd)
 {
-        struct list_head *lpfc_iocb_list = &phba->lpfc_iocb_list;
         struct lpfc_sli_ring *pring;
-        struct lpfc_iocbq *elsiocb = NULL;
+        struct lpfc_iocbq *elsiocb;
         struct lpfc_dmabuf *pcmd, *prsp, *pbuflist;
         struct ulp_bde64 *bpl;
         IOCB_t *icmd;
@@ -114,10 +113,9 @@ lpfc_prep_els_iocb(struct lpfc_hba * phba,
         if (phba->hba_state < LPFC_LINK_UP)
                 return  NULL;
 
-
         /* Allocate buffer for  command iocb */
         spin_lock_irq(phba->host->host_lock);
-        list_remove_head(lpfc_iocb_list, elsiocb, struct lpfc_iocbq, list);
+        elsiocb = lpfc_sli_get_iocbq(phba);
         spin_unlock_irq(phba->host->host_lock);
 
         if (elsiocb == NULL)