diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8217313ed636..528bf0285f34 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c5722708c236b51286651b8c07855f764239453b
+refs/heads/master: 550bf57dfb2200721baa43cfd9a8c75c2c166870
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index 8b33b163b1d4..978d8bdb9b34 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -2599,6 +2599,10 @@ qla2x00_timer(scsi_qla_host_t *ha)
 		start_dpc++;
 	}
 
+	/* Process any deferred work. */
+	if (!list_empty(&ha->work_list))
+		start_dpc++;
+
 	/* Schedule the DPC routine if needed */
 	if ((test_bit(ISP_ABORT_NEEDED, &ha->dpc_flags) ||
 	    test_bit(LOOP_RESYNC_NEEDED, &ha->dpc_flags) ||