diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
index bddb26baedd2..ff4528702b4e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
@@ -9009,8 +9009,6 @@ int qla2xxx_delete_qpair(struct scsi_qla_host *vha, struct qla_qpair *qpair)
 	struct qla_hw_data *ha = qpair->hw;
 
 	qpair->delete_in_progress = 1;
-	while (atomic_read(&qpair->ref_count))
-		msleep(500);
 
 	ret = qla25xx_delete_req_que(vha, qpair->req);
 	if (ret != QLA_SUCCESS)