diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
index bbd4f713d332..88e6eebc3159 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ _scsih_set_fwfault_debug(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO "setting logging_level(0x%08x)\n",
-				mpt2sas_fwfault_debug);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "setting fwfault_debug(%d)\n", mpt2sas_fwfault_debug);
 	list_for_each_entry(ioc, &mpt2sas_ioc_list, list)
 		ioc->fwfault_debug = mpt2sas_fwfault_debug;
 	return 0;
@@ -3576,6 +3575,8 @@ mpt2sas_base_attach(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc)
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&ioc->reset_wq);
 
+	ioc->fwfault_debug = mpt2sas_fwfault_debug;
+
 	/* base internal command bits */
 	mutex_init(&ioc->base_cmds.mutex);
 	ioc->base_cmds.reply = kzalloc(ioc->reply_sz, GFP_KERNEL);