diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_fip.c b/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_fip.c
index ed58b9104f58..e10b91cc3c62 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_fip.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_fip.c
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ static void qedf_fcoe_process_vlan_resp(struct qedf_ctx *qedf,
 		qedf_set_vlan_id(qedf, vid);
 
 		/* Inform waiter that it's ok to call fcoe_ctlr_link up() */
-		complete(&qedf->fipvlan_compl);
+		if (!completion_done(&qedf->fipvlan_compl))
+			complete(&qedf->fipvlan_compl);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_main.c b/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_main.c
index 8e2a160490e6..cceddd995a4b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_main.c
@@ -2803,6 +2803,7 @@ static int __qedf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, int mode)
 		atomic_set(&qedf->num_offloads, 0);
 		qedf->stop_io_on_error = false;
 		pci_set_drvdata(pdev, qedf);
+		init_completion(&qedf->fipvlan_compl);
 
 		QEDF_INFO(&(qedf->dbg_ctx), QEDF_LOG_INFO,
 		   "QLogic FastLinQ FCoE Module qedf %s, "