diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
index 2b92d4659934..e3de20918efb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
@@ -724,7 +724,8 @@ qla2x00_sysfs_write_reset(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 			break;
 		} else {
 			/* Make sure FC side is not in reset */
-			qla2x00_wait_for_hba_online(vha);
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(qla2x00_wait_for_hba_online(vha) !=
+				     QLA_SUCCESS);
 
 			/* Issue MPI reset */
 			scsi_block_requests(vha->host);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
index ba53329e8bf9..d20e0c21710e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
@@ -6673,7 +6673,8 @@ qlt_enable_vha(struct scsi_qla_host *vha)
 	} else {
 		set_bit(ISP_ABORT_NEEDED, &base_vha->dpc_flags);
 		qla2xxx_wake_dpc(base_vha);
-		qla2x00_wait_for_hba_online(base_vha);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(qla2x00_wait_for_hba_online(base_vha) !=
+			     QLA_SUCCESS);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&ha->optrom_mutex);
 }
@@ -6704,7 +6705,9 @@ static void qlt_disable_vha(struct scsi_qla_host *vha)
 
 	set_bit(ISP_ABORT_NEEDED, &vha->dpc_flags);
 	qla2xxx_wake_dpc(vha);
-	qla2x00_wait_for_hba_online(vha);
+	if (qla2x00_wait_for_hba_online(vha) != QLA_SUCCESS)
+		ql_dbg(ql_dbg_tgt, vha, 0xe081,
+		       "qla2x00_wait_for_hba_online() failed\n");
 }
 
 /*