1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index caa1e9fde3c9..ce2ef0475339 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -3035,7 +3035,11 @@ static int ata_eh_handle_dev_fail(struct ata_device *dev, int err)
 {
         struct ata_eh_context *ehc = &dev->link->eh_context;
 
-        ehc->tries[dev->devno]--;
+        /* -EAGAIN from EH routine indicates retry without prejudice.
+         * The requester is responsible for ensuring forward progress.
+         */
+        if (err != -EAGAIN)
+                ehc->tries[dev->devno]--;
 
         switch (err) {
         case -ENODEV: