diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h
index 24db627..047d234 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h
@@ -537,6 +537,8 @@ struct _internal_cmd {
  * @chassis_slot: chassis slot
  * @is_chassis_slot_valid: chassis slot valid or not
  * @port: hba port entry containing device's port number info
+ * @rphy: device's sas_rphy address used to identify this device structure in
+ *	target_alloc callback function
  */
 struct _sas_device {
 	struct list_head list;
@@ -564,6 +566,7 @@ struct _sas_device {
 	u8	connector_name[5];
 	struct kref refcount;
 	struct hba_port *port;
+	struct sas_rphy *rphy;
 };
 
 static inline void sas_device_get(struct _sas_device *s)
@@ -1681,6 +1684,8 @@ void mpt3sas_port_enable_complete(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc);
 struct _raid_device *
 mpt3sas_raid_device_find_by_handle(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 handle);
 void mpt3sas_scsih_change_queue_depth(struct scsi_device *sdev, int qdepth);
+struct _sas_device *
+__mpt3sas_get_sdev_by_rphy(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, struct sas_rphy *rphy);
 
 /* config shared API */
 u8 mpt3sas_config_done(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 smid, u8 msix_index,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
index 4542d66..afb381d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
@@ -638,6 +638,44 @@ mpt3sas_get_pdev_from_target(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * __mpt3sas_get_sdev_by_rphy - sas device search
+ * @ioc: per adapter object
+ * @rphy: sas_rphy pointer
+ *
+ * Context: This function will acquire ioc->sas_device_lock and will release
+ * before returning the sas_device object.
+ *
+ * This searches for sas_device from rphy object
+ * then return sas_device object.
+ */
+struct _sas_device *
+__mpt3sas_get_sdev_by_rphy(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc,
+	struct sas_rphy *rphy)
+{
+	struct _sas_device *sas_device;
+
+	assert_spin_locked(&ioc->sas_device_lock);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(sas_device, &ioc->sas_device_list, list) {
+		if (sas_device->rphy != rphy)
+			continue;
+		sas_device_get(sas_device);
+		return sas_device;
+	}
+
+	sas_device = NULL;
+	list_for_each_entry(sas_device, &ioc->sas_device_init_list, list) {
+		if (sas_device->rphy != rphy)
+			continue;
+		sas_device_get(sas_device);
+		return sas_device;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * mpt3sas_get_sdev_by_addr - get _sas_device object corresponding to provided
  *				sas address from sas_device_list list
@@ -1815,8 +1853,7 @@ scsih_target_alloc(struct scsi_target *starget)
 	/* sas/sata devices */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->sas_device_lock, flags);
 	rphy = dev_to_rphy(starget->dev.parent);
-	sas_device = __mpt3sas_get_sdev_by_addr(ioc,
-	   rphy->identify.sas_address, NULL);
+	sas_device = __mpt3sas_get_sdev_by_rphy(ioc, rphy);
 
 	if (sas_device) {
 		sas_target_priv_data->handle = sas_device->handle;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_transport.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_transport.c
index 560ce32..3cc78c2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_transport.c
@@ -733,6 +733,7 @@ mpt3sas_transport_port_add(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 handle,
 	mpt3sas_port->port = port;
 	if (mpt3sas_port->remote_identify.device_type == SAS_END_DEVICE) {
 		rphy = sas_end_device_alloc(port);
+		sas_device->rphy = rphy;
 		if (sas_node->handle <= ioc->sas_hba.num_phys)
 			hba_port->sas_address = sas_device->sas_address;
 	} else {
@@ -1342,8 +1343,7 @@ _transport_get_enclosure_identifier(struct sas_rphy *rphy, u64 *identifier)
 	int rc;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->sas_device_lock, flags);
-	sas_device = __mpt3sas_get_sdev_by_addr(ioc,
-	    rphy->identify.sas_address, 0);
+	sas_device = __mpt3sas_get_sdev_by_rphy(ioc, rphy);
 	if (sas_device) {
 		*identifier = sas_device->enclosure_logical_id;
 		rc = 0;
@@ -1372,8 +1372,7 @@ _transport_get_bay_identifier(struct sas_rphy *rphy)
 	int rc;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->sas_device_lock, flags);
-	sas_device = __mpt3sas_get_sdev_by_addr(ioc,
-	    rphy->identify.sas_address, 0);
+	sas_device = __mpt3sas_get_sdev_by_rphy(ioc, rphy);
 	if (sas_device) {
 		rc = sas_device->slot;
 		sas_device_put(sas_device);
