3 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
index d202ed5a6709..e2ad5bed9403 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ Again:
 
         spin_lock_irqsave(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
         task->task_state_flags &= ~SAS_TASK_STATE_PENDING;
+        task->task_state_flags &= ~SAS_TASK_AT_INITIATOR;
         task->task_state_flags |= SAS_TASK_STATE_DONE;
         if (unlikely((task->task_state_flags & SAS_TASK_STATE_ABORTED))) {
                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
@@ -557,6 +558,7 @@ int asd_execute_task(struct sas_task *task, const int num,
         struct sas_task *t = task;
         struct asd_ascb *ascb = NULL, *a;
         struct asd_ha_struct *asd_ha = task->dev->port->ha->lldd_ha;
+        unsigned long flags;
 
         res = asd_can_queue(asd_ha, num);
         if (res)
@@ -599,6 +601,10 @@ int asd_execute_task(struct sas_task *task, const int num,
                 }
                 if (res)
                         goto out_err_unmap;
+
+                spin_lock_irqsave(&t->task_state_lock, flags);
+                t->task_state_flags |= SAS_TASK_AT_INITIATOR;
+                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&t->task_state_lock, flags);
         }
         list_del_init(&alist);
 
@@ -617,6 +623,9 @@ out_err_unmap:
                         if (a == b)
                                 break;
                         t = a->uldd_task;
+                        spin_lock_irqsave(&t->task_state_lock, flags);
+                        t->task_state_flags &= ~SAS_TASK_AT_INITIATOR;
+                        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&t->task_state_lock, flags);
                         switch (t->task_proto) {
                         case SATA_PROTO:
                         case SAS_PROTO_STP:
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
index 22672d54aa27..21bd24775980 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
@@ -542,6 +542,13 @@ enum scsi_eh_timer_return sas_scsi_timed_out(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
                             cmd, task);
                 return EH_HANDLED;
         }
+        if (!(task->task_state_flags & SAS_TASK_AT_INITIATOR)) {
+                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
+                SAS_DPRINTK("command 0x%p, task 0x%p, not at initiator: "
+                            "EH_RESET_TIMER\n",
+                            cmd, task);
+                return EH_RESET_TIMER;
+        }
         task->task_state_flags |= SAS_TASK_STATE_ABORTED;
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
 
diff --git a/include/scsi/libsas.h b/include/scsi/libsas.h
index 0c775fceb675..da96bcfb9e46 100644
--- a/include/scsi/libsas.h
+++ b/include/scsi/libsas.h
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ struct sas_task {
 #define SAS_TASK_STATE_DONE         2
 #define SAS_TASK_STATE_ABORTED      4
 #define SAS_TASK_INITIATOR_ABORTED  8
+#define SAS_TASK_AT_INITIATOR       16
 
 static inline struct sas_task *sas_alloc_task(gfp_t flags)
 {