1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c b/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c
index da2bfa944b96..af294bb68c35 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c
@@ -155,6 +155,15 @@ static int slave_configure(struct scsi_device *sdev)
                  * If this device makes that mistake, tell the sd driver. */
                 if (us->flags & US_FL_FIX_CAPACITY)
                         sdev->fix_capacity = 1;
+
+                /* USB-IDE bridges tend to report SK = 0x04 (Non-recoverable
+                 * Hardware Error) when any low-level error occurs,
+                 * recoverable or not.  Setting this flag tells the SCSI
+                 * midlayer to retry such commands, which frequently will
+                 * succeed and fix the error.  The worst this can lead to
+                 * is an occasional series of retries that will all fail. */
+                sdev->retry_hwerror = 1;
+
         } else {
 
                 /* Non-disk-type devices don't need to blacklist any pages