1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
index 5acb83ca5ae5..f9ecc3dea7df 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
@@ -752,8 +752,20 @@ static int scsi_add_lun(struct scsi_device *sdev, char *inq_result, int *bflags)
 
         transport_configure_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
 
-        if (sdev->host->hostt->slave_configure)
-                sdev->host->hostt->slave_configure(sdev);
+        if (sdev->host->hostt->slave_configure) {
+                int ret = sdev->host->hostt->slave_configure(sdev);
+                if (ret) {
+                        /*
+                         * if LLDD reports slave not present, don't clutter
+                         * console with alloc failure messages
+                         */
+                        if (ret != -ENXIO) {
+                                sdev_printk(KERN_ERR, sdev,
+                                        "failed to configure device\n");
+                        }
+                        return SCSI_SCAN_NO_RESPONSE;
+                }
+        }
 
         /*
          * Ok, the device is now all set up, we can