diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
index 8507c43b918c..1a20e5d8f057 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
@@ -3410,7 +3410,7 @@ qla24xx_enable_msix(struct qla_hw_data *ha, struct rsp_que *rsp)
 		min_vecs++;
 	}
 
-	if (USER_CTRL_IRQ(ha)) {
+	if (USER_CTRL_IRQ(ha) || !ha->mqiobase) {
 		/* user wants to control IRQ setting for target mode */
 		ret = pci_alloc_irq_vectors(ha->pdev, min_vecs,
 		    ha->msix_count, PCI_IRQ_MSIX);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index c6ef83d0d99b..7e35ce2162d0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -6936,7 +6936,7 @@ static int qla2xxx_map_queues(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
 	scsi_qla_host_t *vha = (scsi_qla_host_t *)shost->hostdata;
 	struct blk_mq_queue_map *qmap = &shost->tag_set.map[0];
 
-	if (USER_CTRL_IRQ(vha->hw))
+	if (USER_CTRL_IRQ(vha->hw) || !vha->hw->mqiobase)
 		rc = blk_mq_map_queues(qmap);
 	else
 		rc = blk_mq_pci_map_queues(qmap, vha->hw->pdev, vha->irq_offset);