1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c b/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c
index 3a4fb023af72..589f6b4404f0 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ void usb_stor_invoke_transport(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, struct us_data *us)
                 /* device supports and needs bigger sense buffer */
                 if (us->fflags & US_FL_SANE_SENSE)
                         sense_size = ~0;
-
+Retry_Sense:
                 US_DEBUGP("Issuing auto-REQUEST_SENSE\n");
 
                 scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(srb, &ses, NULL, 0, sense_size);
@@ -720,6 +720,21 @@ void usb_stor_invoke_transport(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, struct us_data *us)
                         srb->result = DID_ABORT << 16;
                         goto Handle_Errors;
                 }
+
+                /* Some devices claim to support larger sense but fail when
+                 * trying to request it. When a transport failure happens
+                 * using US_FS_SANE_SENSE, we always retry with a standard
+                 * (small) sense request. This fixes some USB GSM modems
+                 */
+                if (temp_result == USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_FAILED &&
+                    (us->fflags & US_FL_SANE_SENSE) &&
+                    sense_size != US_SENSE_SIZE) {
+                        US_DEBUGP("-- auto-sense failure, retry small sense\n");
+                        sense_size = US_SENSE_SIZE;
+                        goto Retry_Sense;
+                }
+
+                /* Other failures */
                 if (temp_result != USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_GOOD) {
                         US_DEBUGP("-- auto-sense failure\n");