diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c
index 33463ac..57d7246 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c
@@ -812,6 +812,7 @@
 		timeout = MPT2_IOCTL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
 	else
 		timeout = karg.timeout;
+	init_completion(&ioc->ctl_cmds.done);
 	timeleft = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ioc->ctl_cmds.done,
 	    timeout*HZ);
 	if (mpi_request->Function == MPI2_FUNCTION_SCSI_TASK_MGMT) {
@@ -1388,6 +1389,7 @@
 			cpu_to_le32(ioc->product_specific[buffer_type][i]);
 
 	mpt2sas_base_put_smid_default(ioc, smid);
+	init_completion(&ioc->ctl_cmds.done);
 	timeleft = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ioc->ctl_cmds.done,
 	    MPT2_IOCTL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT*HZ);
 
@@ -1654,6 +1656,7 @@
 	mpi_request->VP_ID = 0;
 
 	mpt2sas_base_put_smid_default(ioc, smid);
+	init_completion(&ioc->ctl_cmds.done);
 	timeleft = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ioc->ctl_cmds.done,
 	    MPT2_IOCTL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT*HZ);
 
@@ -1915,6 +1918,7 @@
 	mpi_request->VP_ID = 0;
 
 	mpt2sas_base_put_smid_default(ioc, smid);
+	init_completion(&ioc->ctl_cmds.done);
 	timeleft = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ioc->ctl_cmds.done,
 	    MPT2_IOCTL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT*HZ);