diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
index b49c39569386a..b535f1fd30100 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
@@ -4812,7 +4812,7 @@ lpfc_create_port(struct lpfc_hba *phba, int instance, struct device *dev)
 	rc = lpfc_vmid_res_alloc(phba, vport);
 
 	if (rc)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_put_shost;
 
 	/* Initialize all internally managed lists. */
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vport->fc_nodes);
@@ -4830,16 +4830,17 @@ lpfc_create_port(struct lpfc_hba *phba, int instance, struct device *dev)
 
 	error = scsi_add_host_with_dma(shost, dev, &phba->pcidev->dev);
 	if (error)
-		goto out_put_shost;
+		goto out_free_vmid;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&phba->port_list_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&vport->listentry, &phba->port_list);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&phba->port_list_lock);
 	return vport;
 
-out_put_shost:
+out_free_vmid:
 	kfree(vport->vmid);
 	bitmap_free(vport->vmid_priority_range);
+out_put_shost:
 	scsi_host_put(shost);
 out:
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
index c95177ca6ed26..cac7c902cf70a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
@@ -828,6 +828,14 @@ store_state_field(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&sdev->state_mutex);
+	switch (sdev->sdev_state) {
+	case SDEV_RUNNING:
+	case SDEV_OFFLINE:
+		break;
+	default:
+		mutex_unlock(&sdev->state_mutex);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 	if (sdev->sdev_state == SDEV_RUNNING && state == SDEV_RUNNING) {
 		ret = 0;
 	} else {