diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c
index 902106f97020..385c46f2576e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c
@@ -4157,7 +4157,6 @@ static void qla2x00_async_gpnft_gnnft_sp_done(void *s, int res)
 		if (rc) {
 			/* Cleanup here to prevent memory leak */
 			qla24xx_sp_unmap(vha, sp);
-			sp->free(sp);
 		}
 
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&vha->work_lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
index fbbf530a38e0..49c8f0119620 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
@@ -1761,7 +1761,8 @@ qla24xx_async_abort_cmd(srb_t *cmd_sp, bool wait)
 	srb_t *sp;
 	int rval = QLA_FUNCTION_FAILED;
 
-	sp = qla2xxx_get_qpair_sp(cmd_sp->qpair, cmd_sp->fcport, GFP_KERNEL);
+	sp = qla2xxx_get_qpair_sp(cmd_sp->vha, cmd_sp->qpair, cmd_sp->fcport,
+	    GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sp)
 		goto done;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_inline.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_inline.h
index 4351736b2426..bf9a6f01fd9f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_inline.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_inline.h
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ qla2x00_chip_is_down(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 }
 
 static inline srb_t *
-qla2xxx_get_qpair_sp(struct qla_qpair *qpair, fc_port_t *fcport, gfp_t flag)
+qla2xxx_get_qpair_sp(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, struct qla_qpair *qpair,
+    fc_port_t *fcport, gfp_t flag)
 {
 	srb_t *sp = NULL;
 	uint8_t bail;
@@ -225,7 +226,9 @@ qla2xxx_get_qpair_sp(struct qla_qpair *qpair, fc_port_t *fcport, gfp_t flag)
 	memset(sp, 0, sizeof(*sp));
 	sp->fcport = fcport;
 	sp->iocbs = 1;
-	sp->vha = qpair->vha;
+	sp->vha = vha;
+	sp->qpair = qpair;
+	sp->cmd_type = TYPE_SRB;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sp->elem);
 
 done:
@@ -246,19 +249,17 @@ qla2x00_get_sp(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, fc_port_t *fcport, gfp_t flag)
 {
 	srb_t *sp = NULL;
 	uint8_t bail;
+	struct qla_qpair *qpair;
 
 	QLA_VHA_MARK_BUSY(vha, bail);
 	if (unlikely(bail))
 		return NULL;
 
-	sp = mempool_alloc(vha->hw->srb_mempool, flag);
+	qpair = vha->hw->base_qpair;
+	sp = qla2xxx_get_qpair_sp(vha, qpair, fcport, flag);
 	if (!sp)
 		goto done;
 
-	memset(sp, 0, sizeof(*sp));
-	sp->fcport = fcport;
-	sp->cmd_type = TYPE_SRB;
-	sp->iocbs = 1;
 	sp->vha = vha;
 done:
 	if (!sp)
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ static inline void
 qla2x00_rel_sp(srb_t *sp)
 {
 	QLA_VHA_MARK_NOT_BUSY(sp->vha);
-	mempool_free(sp, sp->vha->hw->srb_mempool);
+	qla2xxx_rel_qpair_sp(sp->qpair, sp);
 }
 
 static inline void
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
index c699bbb8485b..6335b8ce5fbd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
@@ -3440,12 +3440,13 @@ qla2x00_start_sp(srb_t *sp)
 	int rval;
 	scsi_qla_host_t *vha = sp->vha;
 	struct qla_hw_data *ha = vha->hw;
+	struct qla_qpair *qp = sp->qpair;
 	void *pkt;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	rval = QLA_FUNCTION_FAILED;
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
-	pkt = qla2x00_alloc_iocbs(vha, sp);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(qp->qp_lock_ptr, flags);
+	pkt = __qla2x00_alloc_iocbs(sp->qpair, sp);
 	if (!pkt) {
 		ql_log(ql_log_warn, vha, 0x700c,
 		    "qla2x00_alloc_iocbs failed.\n");
@@ -3523,9 +3524,9 @@ qla2x00_start_sp(srb_t *sp)
 	}
 
 	wmb();
-	qla2x00_start_iocbs(vha, ha->req_q_map[0]);
+	qla2x00_start_iocbs(vha, qp->req);
 done:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(qp->qp_lock_ptr, flags);
 	return rval;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
index 8dc7a5c64800..ad923965be3c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int qla_nvme_post_cmd(struct nvme_fc_local_port *lport,
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	/* Alloc SRB structure */
-	sp = qla2xxx_get_qpair_sp(qpair, fcport, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	sp = qla2xxx_get_qpair_sp(vha, qpair, fcport, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!sp)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index 6fa321a4229d..210e5c2999f4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ static void qla_init_base_qpair(struct scsi_qla_host *vha, struct req_que *req,
 	ha->base_qpair->qp_lock_ptr = &ha->hardware_lock;
 	ha->base_qpair->use_shadow_reg = IS_SHADOW_REG_CAPABLE(ha) ? 1 : 0;
 	ha->base_qpair->msix = &ha->msix_entries[QLA_MSIX_RSP_Q];
+	ha->base_qpair->srb_mempool = ha->srb_mempool;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ha->base_qpair->hints_list);
 	ha->base_qpair->enable_class_2 = ql2xenableclass2;
 	/* init qpair to this cpu. Will adjust at run time. */
@@ -1013,7 +1014,7 @@ qla2xxx_mqueuecommand(struct Scsi_Host *host, struct scsi_cmnd *cmd,
 	else
 		goto qc24_target_busy;
 
-	sp = qla2xxx_get_qpair_sp(qpair, fcport, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	sp = qla2xxx_get_qpair_sp(vha, qpair, fcport, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!sp)
 		goto qc24_host_busy;
 
