diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
index 97921dcd8626..cbd3a88a2963 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
@@ -2306,7 +2306,13 @@ int lpfc_enable_rrq;
 module_param(lpfc_enable_rrq, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(lpfc_enable_rrq, "Enable RRQ functionality");
 lpfc_param_show(enable_rrq);
-lpfc_param_init(enable_rrq, 0, 0, 1);
+/*
+# lpfc_enable_rrq: Track XRI/OXID reuse after IO failures
+#	0x0 = disabled, XRI/OXID use not tracked.
+#	0x1 = XRI/OXID reuse is timed with ratov, RRQ sent.
+#	0x2 = XRI/OXID reuse is timed with ratov, No RRQ sent.
+*/
+lpfc_param_init(enable_rrq, 2, 0, 2);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_enable_rrq, S_IRUGO, lpfc_enable_rrq_show, NULL);
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
index 57cb974af1fb..5fade546f4f3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
@@ -872,14 +872,16 @@ lpfc_set_rrq_active(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_nodelist *ndlp,
 				xritag, rxid, ndlp->nlp_DID, send_rrq);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	rrq->send_rrq = send_rrq;
+	if (phba->cfg_enable_rrq == 1)
+		rrq->send_rrq = send_rrq;
+	else
+		rrq->send_rrq = 0;
 	rrq->xritag = xritag;
 	rrq->rrq_stop_time = jiffies + HZ * (phba->fc_ratov + 1);
 	rrq->ndlp = ndlp;
 	rrq->nlp_DID = ndlp->nlp_DID;
 	rrq->vport = ndlp->vport;
 	rrq->rxid = rxid;
-	rrq->send_rrq = send_rrq;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&phba->hbalock, iflags);
 	empty = list_empty(&phba->active_rrq_list);
 	list_add_tail(&rrq->list, &phba->active_rrq_list);