diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
index 42b29f4fd937..1bf3ab10846a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
@@ -775,7 +775,6 @@ int qla_nvme_register_hba(struct scsi_qla_host *vha)
 	ha = vha->hw;
 	tmpl = &qla_nvme_fc_transport;
 
-	WARN_ON(vha->nvme_local_port);
 
 	qla_nvme_fc_transport.max_hw_queues =
 	    min((uint8_t)(qla_nvme_fc_transport.max_hw_queues),
@@ -786,13 +785,25 @@ int qla_nvme_register_hba(struct scsi_qla_host *vha)
 	pinfo.port_role = FC_PORT_ROLE_NVME_INITIATOR;
 	pinfo.port_id = vha->d_id.b24;
 
-	ql_log(ql_log_info, vha, 0xffff,
-	    "register_localport: host-traddr=nn-0x%llx:pn-0x%llx on portID:%x\n",
-	    pinfo.node_name, pinfo.port_name, pinfo.port_id);
-	qla_nvme_fc_transport.dma_boundary = vha->host->dma_boundary;
+	mutex_lock(&ha->vport_lock);
+	/*
+	 * Check again for nvme_local_port to see if any other thread raced
+	 * with this one and finished registration.
+	 */
+	if (!vha->nvme_local_port) {
+		ql_log(ql_log_info, vha, 0xffff,
+		    "register_localport: host-traddr=nn-0x%llx:pn-0x%llx on portID:%x\n",
+		    pinfo.node_name, pinfo.port_name, pinfo.port_id);
+		qla_nvme_fc_transport.dma_boundary = vha->host->dma_boundary;
 
-	ret = nvme_fc_register_localport(&pinfo, tmpl,
-	    get_device(&ha->pdev->dev), &vha->nvme_local_port);
+		ret = nvme_fc_register_localport(&pinfo, tmpl,
+						 get_device(&ha->pdev->dev),
+						 &vha->nvme_local_port);
+		mutex_unlock(&ha->vport_lock);
+	} else {
+		mutex_unlock(&ha->vport_lock);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	if (ret) {
 		ql_log(ql_log_warn, vha, 0xffff,
 		    "register_localport failed: ret=%x\n", ret);