diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c
index 528f19f782f2..a21fbff60b59 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c
@@ -5102,6 +5102,7 @@ int mpi3mr_soft_reset_handler(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc,
 		mrioc->device_refresh_on = 0;
 		mrioc->unrecoverable = 1;
 		mrioc->reset_in_progress = 0;
+		mrioc->stop_bsgs = 0;
 		retval = -1;
 		mpi3mr_flush_cmds_for_unrecovered_controller(mrioc);
 	}