diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h
index db6a759de1e9..a0af986633d2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@
 
 #define MPT_MAX_CALLBACKS		32
 
+#define MPT_MAX_HBA_NUM_PHYS		32
+
 #define INTERNAL_CMDS_COUNT		10	/* reserved cmds */
 /* reserved for issuing internally framed scsi io cmds */
 #define INTERNAL_SCSIIO_CMDS_COUNT	3
@@ -798,6 +800,7 @@ struct _sas_phy {
  * @enclosure_handle: handle for this a member of an enclosure
  * @device_info: bitwise defining capabilities of this sas_host/expander
  * @responding: used in _scsih_expander_device_mark_responding
+ * @nr_phys_allocated: Allocated memory for this many count phys
  * @phy: a list of phys that make up this sas_host/expander
  * @sas_port_list: list of ports attached to this sas_host/expander
  * @port: hba port entry containing node's port number info
@@ -813,6 +816,7 @@ struct _sas_node {
 	u16	enclosure_handle;
 	u64	enclosure_logical_id;
 	u8	responding;
+	u8	nr_phys_allocated;
 	struct hba_port *port;
 	struct	_sas_phy *phy;
 	struct list_head sas_port_list;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
index bb0036b41825..589d0515a00c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
@@ -6406,11 +6406,26 @@ _scsih_sas_port_refresh(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc)
 	int i, j, count = 0, lcount = 0;
 	int ret;
 	u64 sas_addr;
+	u8 num_phys;
 
 	drsprintk(ioc, ioc_info(ioc,
 	    "updating ports for sas_host(0x%016llx)\n",
 	    (unsigned long long)ioc->sas_hba.sas_address));
 
+	mpt3sas_config_get_number_hba_phys(ioc, &num_phys);
+	if (!num_phys) {
+		ioc_err(ioc, "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
+		    __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (num_phys > ioc->sas_hba.nr_phys_allocated) {
+		ioc_err(ioc, "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
+		   __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);
+		return;
+	}
+	ioc->sas_hba.num_phys = num_phys;
+
 	port_table = kcalloc(ioc->sas_hba.num_phys,
 	    sizeof(struct hba_port), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!port_table)
@@ -6611,6 +6626,30 @@ _scsih_sas_host_refresh(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc)
 			ioc->sas_hba.phy[i].hba_vphy = 1;
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * Add new HBA phys to STL if these new phys got added as part
+		 * of HBA Firmware upgrade/downgrade operation.
+		 */
+		if (!ioc->sas_hba.phy[i].phy) {
+			if ((mpt3sas_config_get_phy_pg0(ioc, &mpi_reply,
+			    &phy_pg0, i))) {
+				ioc_err(ioc, "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
+				    __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);
+				continue;
+			}
+			ioc_status = le16_to_cpu(mpi_reply.IOCStatus) &
+			    MPI2_IOCSTATUS_MASK;
+			if (ioc_status != MPI2_IOCSTATUS_SUCCESS) {
+				ioc_err(ioc, "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
+				    __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);
+				continue;
+			}
+			ioc->sas_hba.phy[i].phy_id = i;
+			mpt3sas_transport_add_host_phy(ioc,
+			    &ioc->sas_hba.phy[i], phy_pg0,
+			    ioc->sas_hba.parent_dev);
+			continue;
+		}
 		ioc->sas_hba.phy[i].handle = ioc->sas_hba.handle;
 		attached_handle = le16_to_cpu(sas_iounit_pg0->PhyData[i].
 		    AttachedDevHandle);
@@ -6622,6 +6661,19 @@ _scsih_sas_host_refresh(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc)
 		    attached_handle, i, link_rate,
 		    ioc->sas_hba.phy[i].port);
 	}
+	/*
+	 * Clear the phy details if this phy got disabled as part of
+	 * HBA Firmware upgrade/downgrade operation.
+	 */
+	for (i = ioc->sas_hba.num_phys;
+	    i < ioc->sas_hba.nr_phys_allocated; i++) {
+		if (ioc->sas_hba.phy[i].phy &&
+		    ioc->sas_hba.phy[i].phy->negotiated_linkrate >=
+		    SAS_LINK_RATE_1_5_GBPS)
+			mpt3sas_transport_update_links(ioc,
+			    ioc->sas_hba.sas_address, 0, i,
+			    MPI2_SAS_NEG_LINK_RATE_PHY_DISABLED, NULL);
+	}
  out:
 	kfree(sas_iounit_pg0);
 }
@@ -6654,7 +6706,10 @@ _scsih_sas_host_add(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc)
 			__FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);
 		return;
 	}
-	ioc->sas_hba.phy = kcalloc(num_phys,
+
+	ioc->sas_hba.nr_phys_allocated = max_t(u8,
+	    MPT_MAX_HBA_NUM_PHYS, num_phys);
+	ioc->sas_hba.phy = kcalloc(ioc->sas_hba.nr_phys_allocated,
 	    sizeof(struct _sas_phy), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ioc->sas_hba.phy) {
 		ioc_err(ioc, "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
