diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_scsi.c
index 3f88f56582a2..961bdf5d31cd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_scsi.c
@@ -2224,6 +2224,22 @@ int fnic_device_reset(struct scsi_cmnd *sc)
 
 	tag = sc->request->tag;
 	if (unlikely(tag < 0)) {
+		/*
+		 * XXX(hch): current the midlayer fakes up a struct
+		 * request for the explicit reset ioctls, and those
+		 * don't have a tag allocated to them.  The below
+		 * code pokes into midlayer structures to paper over
+		 * this design issue, but that won't work for blk-mq.
+		 *
+		 * Either someone who can actually test the hardware
+		 * will have to come up with a similar hack for the
+		 * blk-mq case, or we'll have to bite the bullet and
+		 * fix the way the EH ioctls work for real, but until
+		 * that happens we fail these explicit requests here.
+		 */
+		if (shost_use_blk_mq(sc->device->host))
+			goto fnic_device_reset_end;
+
 		tag = fnic_scsi_host_start_tag(fnic, sc);
 		if (unlikely(tag == SCSI_NO_TAG))
 			goto fnic_device_reset_end;