diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi/mpi30_ioc.h b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi/mpi30_ioc.h
index 1e4a60fc655f87f02bd40a5a77d15a82604a892b..0cb24fc03620058cf1f760e3e451cab0422cc899 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi/mpi30_ioc.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi/mpi30_ioc.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct mpi3_ioc_init_request {
 	__le64                   driver_information_address;
 };
 
+#define MPI3_IOCINIT_MSGFLAGS_SCSIIOSTATUSREPLY_SUPPORTED	(0x04)
 #define MPI3_IOCINIT_MSGFLAGS_HOSTMETADATA_MASK          (0x03)
 #define MPI3_IOCINIT_MSGFLAGS_HOSTMETADATA_NOT_USED      (0x00)
 #define MPI3_IOCINIT_MSGFLAGS_HOSTMETADATA_SEPARATED     (0x01)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c
index 0ee9233649e0c59e60443ad5bcbeea3fe534bd9b..c54eca5a0c5cc0369aa9dbd74bb4b27ad1ff1e8a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c
@@ -3194,6 +3194,9 @@ static int mpi3mr_issue_iocinit(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc)
 	current_time = ktime_get_real();
 	iocinit_req.time_stamp = cpu_to_le64(ktime_to_ms(current_time));
 
+	iocinit_req.msg_flags |=
+	    MPI3_IOCINIT_MSGFLAGS_SCSIIOSTATUSREPLY_SUPPORTED;
+
 	init_completion(&mrioc->init_cmds.done);
 	retval = mpi3mr_admin_request_post(mrioc, &iocinit_req,
 	    sizeof(iocinit_req), 1);