diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
index b527cc60e939..7bfebecf03bb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
@@ -7181,16 +7181,6 @@ lpfc_get_cfgparam(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
 	lpfc_ras_fwlog_level_init(phba, lpfc_ras_fwlog_level);
 	lpfc_ras_fwlog_func_init(phba, lpfc_ras_fwlog_func);
 
-
-	/* If the NVME FC4 type is enabled, scale the sg_seg_cnt to
-	 * accommodate 512K and 1M IOs in a single nvme buf and supply
-	 * enough NVME LS iocb buffers for larger connectivity counts.
-	 */
-	if (phba->cfg_enable_fc4_type & LPFC_ENABLE_NVME) {
-		phba->cfg_sg_seg_cnt = LPFC_MAX_NVME_SEG_CNT;
-		phba->cfg_iocb_cnt = 5;
-	}
-
 	return;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
index 8e889ea26203..8429de65d490 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
@@ -11681,6 +11681,15 @@ fcponly:
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* If the NVME FC4 type is enabled, scale the sg_seg_cnt to
+	 * accommodate 512K and 1M IOs in a single nvme buf and supply
+	 * enough NVME LS iocb buffers for larger connectivity counts.
+	 */
+	if (phba->cfg_enable_fc4_type & LPFC_ENABLE_NVME) {
+		phba->cfg_sg_seg_cnt = LPFC_MAX_NVME_SEG_CNT;
+		phba->cfg_iocb_cnt = 5;
+	}
+
 	/* Only embed PBDE for if_type 6, PBDE support requires xib be set */
 	if ((bf_get(lpfc_sli_intf_if_type, &phba->sli4_hba.sli_intf) !=
 	    LPFC_SLI_INTF_IF_TYPE_6) || (!bf_get(cfg_xib, mbx_sli4_parameters)))