diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c
index 8bc57e3..eb98188c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@
 	    "send to sas_addr(0x%016llx)\n", ioc->name,
 	    (unsigned long long)sas_address));
 	mpt2sas_base_put_smid_default(ioc, smid);
+	init_completion(&ioc->transport_cmds.done);
 	timeleft = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ioc->transport_cmds.done,
 	    10*HZ);
 
@@ -1154,6 +1155,7 @@
 	    "sending smp request\n", ioc->name, __func__));
 
 	mpt2sas_base_put_smid_default(ioc, smid);
+	init_completion(&ioc->transport_cmds.done);
 	timeleft = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ioc->transport_cmds.done,
 	    10*HZ);