diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
index b889caa556a0..6ef7a094ee51 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
@@ -1224,6 +1224,7 @@ void qlt_stop_phase2(struct qla_tgt *tgt)
 	    "Waiting for %d IRQ commands to complete (tgt %p)",
 	    tgt->irq_cmd_count, tgt);
 
+	mutex_lock(&tgt->ha->optrom_mutex);
 	mutex_lock(&vha->vha_tgt.tgt_mutex);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
 	while ((tgt->irq_cmd_count != 0) || (tgt->atio_irq_cmd_count != 0)) {
@@ -1235,6 +1236,7 @@ void qlt_stop_phase2(struct qla_tgt *tgt)
 	tgt->tgt_stopped = 1;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
 	mutex_unlock(&vha->vha_tgt.tgt_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&tgt->ha->optrom_mutex);
 
 	ql_dbg(ql_dbg_tgt_mgt, vha, 0xf00c, "Stop of tgt %p finished",
 	    tgt);