diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
index b1512e9d1b9d..f033bf39690f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ static unsigned int max_lun = IBMVFC_MAX_LUN;
 static unsigned int max_targets = IBMVFC_MAX_TARGETS;
 static unsigned int max_requests = IBMVFC_MAX_REQUESTS_DEFAULT;
 static unsigned int disc_threads = IBMVFC_MAX_DISC_THREADS;
-static unsigned int dev_loss_tmo = IBMVFC_DEV_LOSS_TMO;
 static unsigned int ibmvfc_debug = IBMVFC_DEBUG;
 static unsigned int log_level = IBMVFC_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL;
 static LIST_HEAD(ibmvfc_head);
@@ -84,11 +83,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(disc_threads, "Number of device discovery threads to use. "
 module_param_named(debug, ibmvfc_debug, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Enable driver debug information. "
 		 "[Default=" __stringify(IBMVFC_DEBUG) "]");
-module_param_named(dev_loss_tmo, dev_loss_tmo, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(dev_loss_tmo, "Maximum number of seconds that the FC "
-		 "transport should insulate the loss of a remote port. Once this "
-		 "value is exceeded, the scsi target is removed. "
-		 "[Default=" __stringify(IBMVFC_DEV_LOSS_TMO) "]");
 module_param_named(log_level, log_level, uint, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(log_level, "Set to 0 - 4 for increasing verbosity of device driver. "
 		 "[Default=" __stringify(IBMVFC_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL) "]");
@@ -1030,11 +1024,6 @@ static void ibmvfc_get_host_port_state(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
 }
 
-static void ibmvfc_set_host_def_dev_loss_tmo(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
-{
-	fc_host_def_dev_loss_tmo(shost) = dev_loss_tmo;
-}
-
 /**
  * ibmvfc_set_rport_dev_loss_tmo - Set rport's device loss timeout
  * @rport:		rport struct
@@ -4772,6 +4761,8 @@ static int ibmvfc_probe(struct vio_dev *vdev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 	if ((rc = scsi_add_host(shost, dev)))
 		goto release_event_pool;
 
+	fc_host_dev_loss_tmo(shost) = IBMVFC_DEV_LOSS_TMO;
+
 	if ((rc = ibmvfc_create_trace_file(&shost->shost_dev.kobj,
 					   &ibmvfc_trace_attr))) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Failed to create trace file. rc=%d\n", rc);
@@ -4917,8 +4908,6 @@ static struct fc_function_template ibmvfc_transport_functions = {
 	.get_host_speed = ibmvfc_get_host_speed,
 	.show_host_speed = 1,
 
-	.get_host_def_dev_loss_tmo = ibmvfc_set_host_def_dev_loss_tmo,
-
 	.issue_fc_host_lip = ibmvfc_issue_fc_host_lip,
 	.terminate_rport_io = ibmvfc_terminate_rport_io,