diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.c
index f3d5b1bbd5aa..c37dd15d16d2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.c
@@ -117,12 +117,16 @@ static int spi_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, const void *cmd,
 		sshdr = &sshdr_tmp;
 
 	for(i = 0; i < DV_RETRIES; i++) {
+		/*
+		 * The purpose of the RQF_PM flag below is to bypass the
+		 * SDEV_QUIESCE state.
+		 */
 		result = scsi_execute(sdev, cmd, dir, buffer, bufflen, sense,
 				      sshdr, DV_TIMEOUT, /* retries */ 1,
 				      REQ_FAILFAST_DEV |
 				      REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT |
 				      REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER,
-				      0, NULL);
+				      RQF_PM, NULL);
 		if (driver_byte(result) != DRIVER_SENSE ||
 		    sshdr->sense_key != UNIT_ATTENTION)
 			break;
@@ -1005,23 +1009,26 @@ spi_dv_device(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 	 */
 	lock_system_sleep();
 
+	if (scsi_autopm_get_device(sdev))
+		goto unlock_system_sleep;
+
 	if (unlikely(spi_dv_in_progress(starget)))
-		goto unlock;
+		goto put_autopm;
 
 	if (unlikely(scsi_device_get(sdev)))
-		goto unlock;
+		goto put_autopm;
 
 	spi_dv_in_progress(starget) = 1;
 
 	buffer = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (unlikely(!buffer))
-		goto out_put;
+		goto put_sdev;
 
 	/* We need to verify that the actual device will quiesce; the
 	 * later target quiesce is just a nice to have */
 	if (unlikely(scsi_device_quiesce(sdev)))
-		goto out_free;
+		goto free_buffer;
 
 	scsi_target_quiesce(starget);
 
@@ -1041,12 +1048,16 @@ spi_dv_device(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 
 	spi_initial_dv(starget) = 1;
 
- out_free:
+free_buffer:
 	kfree(buffer);
- out_put:
+
+put_sdev:
 	spi_dv_in_progress(starget) = 0;
 	scsi_device_put(sdev);
-unlock:
+put_autopm:
+	scsi_autopm_put_device(sdev);
+
+unlock_system_sleep:
 	unlock_system_sleep();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(spi_dv_device);