diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
index 1df5171594b8..11fb68d7e60d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
@@ -2640,9 +2640,14 @@ static inline unsigned int cap_to_cyls(sector_t capacity, unsigned divisor)
 	return capacity;
 }
 
+static inline int aac_pci_offline(struct aac_dev *dev)
+{
+	return pci_channel_offline(dev->pdev) || dev->handle_pci_error;
+}
+
 static inline int aac_adapter_check_health(struct aac_dev *dev)
 {
-	if (unlikely(pci_channel_offline(dev->pdev)))
+	if (unlikely(aac_pci_offline(dev)))
 		return -1;
 
 	return (dev)->a_ops.adapter_check_health(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
index e67e032936ef..78430a7b294c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ int aac_fib_send(u16 command, struct fib *fibptr, unsigned long size,
 					return -ETIMEDOUT;
 				}
 
-				if (unlikely(pci_channel_offline(dev->pdev)))
+				if (unlikely(aac_pci_offline(dev)))
 					return -EFAULT;
 
 				if ((blink = aac_adapter_check_health(dev)) > 0) {
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ int aac_hba_send(u8 command, struct fib *fibptr, fib_callback callback,
 
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fibptr->event_lock, flags);
 
-		if (unlikely(pci_channel_offline(dev->pdev)))
+		if (unlikely(aac_pci_offline(dev)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
 		fibptr->flags |= FIB_CONTEXT_FLAG_WAIT;