diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_io.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_io.c
index 575142e92d9c..ed880891cb7c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_io.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_io.c
@@ -1246,6 +1246,12 @@ int bnx2fc_eh_abort(struct scsi_cmnd *sc_cmd)
 			kref_put(&io_req->refcount,
 				 bnx2fc_cmd_release); /* drop timer hold */
 		rc = bnx2fc_expl_logo(lport, io_req);
+		/* This only occurs when an task abort was requested while ABTS
+		   is in progress.  Setting the IO_CLEANUP flag will skip the
+		   RRQ process in the case when the fw generated SCSI_CMD cmpl
+		   was a result from the ABTS request rather than the CLEANUP
+		   request */
+		set_bit(BNX2FC_FLAG_IO_CLEANUP,	&io_req->req_flags);
 		goto out;
 	}