--- ../linux-2.6.14.3/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c-	2005-11-24 23:10:21.000000000 +0100
+++ ../linux-2.6.14.3/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c	2005-12-07 21:27:42.000000000 +0100
@@ -3236,6 +3236,7 @@
 	WRT_REG_WORD(&reg->mailbox4, ha->req_ring_index);
 	/* Enforce mmio write ordering; see comment in qla1280_isp_cmd(). */
 	mmiowb();
+	RD_REG_WORD(&reg->mailbox4);
 
  out:
 	if (status)
@@ -3504,6 +3505,7 @@
 	WRT_REG_WORD(&reg->mailbox4, ha->req_ring_index);
 	/* Enforce mmio write ordering; see comment in qla1280_isp_cmd(). */
 	mmiowb();
+	RD_REG_WORD(&reg->mailbox4);
 
 out:
 	if (status)