diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
index 924d58f5408f..1bec8aebb7b6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
@@ -1561,8 +1561,11 @@ static void qlt_release(struct qla_tgt *tgt)
 
 	btree_destroy64(&tgt->lun_qpair_map);
 
-	if (ha->tgt.tgt_ops && ha->tgt.tgt_ops->remove_target)
-		ha->tgt.tgt_ops->remove_target(vha);
+	if (vha->vp_idx)
+		if (ha->tgt.tgt_ops &&
+		    ha->tgt.tgt_ops->remove_target &&
+		    vha->vha_tgt.target_lport_ptr)
+			ha->tgt.tgt_ops->remove_target(vha);
 
 	vha->vha_tgt.qla_tgt = NULL;