diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index c1b05a83d403..f43de1e56420 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
 
 #include <scsi/scsi.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi_cmnd.h>
@@ -791,32 +792,48 @@ static int scsi_send_eh_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, unsigned char *cmnd,
 	struct scsi_device *sdev = scmd->device;
 	struct Scsi_Host *shost = sdev->host;
 	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
-	unsigned long timeleft;
+	unsigned long timeleft = timeout;
 	struct scsi_eh_save ses;
+	const unsigned long stall_for = msecs_to_jiffies(100);
 	int rtn;
 
+retry:
 	scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(scmd, &ses, cmnd, cmnd_size, sense_bytes);
 	shost->eh_action = &done;
 
 	scsi_log_send(scmd);
 	scmd->scsi_done = scsi_eh_done;
-	shost->hostt->queuecommand(shost, scmd);
-
-	timeleft = wait_for_completion_timeout(&done, timeout);
+	rtn = shost->hostt->queuecommand(shost, scmd);
+	if (rtn) {
+		if (timeleft > stall_for) {
+			scsi_eh_restore_cmnd(scmd, &ses);
+			timeleft -= stall_for;
+			msleep(jiffies_to_msecs(stall_for));
+			goto retry;
+		}
+		/* signal not to enter either branch of the if () below */
+		timeleft = 0;
+		rtn = NEEDS_RETRY;
+	} else {
+		timeleft = wait_for_completion_timeout(&done, timeout);
+	}
 
 	shost->eh_action = NULL;
 
-	scsi_log_completion(scmd, SUCCESS);
+	scsi_log_completion(scmd, rtn);
 
 	SCSI_LOG_ERROR_RECOVERY(3,
 		printk("%s: scmd: %p, timeleft: %ld\n",
 			__func__, scmd, timeleft));
 
 	/*
-	 * If there is time left scsi_eh_done got called, and we will
-	 * examine the actual status codes to see whether the command
-	 * actually did complete normally, else tell the host to forget
-	 * about this command.
+	 * If there is time left scsi_eh_done got called, and we will examine
+	 * the actual status codes to see whether the command actually did
+	 * complete normally, else if we have a zero return and no time left,
+	 * the command must still be pending, so abort it and return FAILED.
+	 * If we never actually managed to issue the command, because
+	 * ->queuecommand() kept returning non zero, use the rtn = FAILED
+	 * value above (so don't execute either branch of the if)
 	 */
 	if (timeleft) {
 		rtn = scsi_eh_completed_normally(scmd);
@@ -837,7 +854,7 @@ static int scsi_send_eh_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, unsigned char *cmnd,
 			rtn = FAILED;
 			break;
 		}
-	} else {
+	} else if (!rtn) {
 		scsi_abort_eh_cmnd(scmd);
 		rtn = FAILED;
 	}