diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
index 5e8c7ca02be8..cc586972dd9c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
@@ -234,6 +234,16 @@ static int check_for_unit_attention(struct ctlr_info *h,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static int check_for_busy(struct ctlr_info *h, struct CommandList *c)
+{
+	if (c->err_info->CommandStatus != CMD_TARGET_STATUS ||
+		(c->err_info->ScsiStatus != SAM_STAT_BUSY &&
+		 c->err_info->ScsiStatus != SAM_STAT_TASK_SET_FULL))
+		return 0;
+	dev_warn(&h->pdev->dev, HPSA "device busy");
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static ssize_t host_store_rescan(struct device *dev,
 				 struct device_attribute *attr,
 				 const char *buf, size_t count)
@@ -1379,7 +1389,8 @@ static void hpsa_scsi_do_simple_cmd_with_retry(struct ctlr_info *h,
 		memset(c->err_info, 0, sizeof(*c->err_info));
 		hpsa_scsi_do_simple_cmd_core(h, c);
 		retry_count++;
-	} while (check_for_unit_attention(h, c) && retry_count <= 3);
+	} while ((check_for_unit_attention(h, c) ||
+			check_for_busy(h, c)) && retry_count <= 3);
 	hpsa_pci_unmap(h->pdev, c, 1, data_direction);
 }