diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
index cc5a8dae4ae1..1cfb503125b6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ _base_fault_reset_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	int rc;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
-	if (ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress)
+	if (ioc->shost_recovery)
 		goto rearm_timer;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
 
@@ -3501,20 +3501,13 @@ mpt2sas_base_hard_reset_handler(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, int sleep_flag,
 	    __func__));
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
-	if (ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress) {
+	if (ioc->shost_recovery) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
 		printk(MPT2SAS_ERR_FMT "%s: busy\n",
 		    ioc->name, __func__);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
-	ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress = 1;
 	ioc->shost_recovery = 1;
-	if (ioc->shost->shost_state == SHOST_RUNNING) {
-		/* set back to SHOST_RUNNING in mpt2sas_scsih.c */
-		scsi_host_set_state(ioc->shost, SHOST_RECOVERY);
-		printk(MPT2SAS_INFO_FMT "putting controller into "
-		    "SHOST_RECOVERY\n", ioc->name);
-	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
 
 	_base_reset_handler(ioc, MPT2_IOC_PRE_RESET);
@@ -3534,7 +3527,7 @@ mpt2sas_base_hard_reset_handler(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, int sleep_flag,
 	    ioc->name, __func__, ((r == 0) ? "SUCCESS" : "FAILED")));
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
-	ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress = 0;
+	ioc->shost_recovery = 0;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
 
 	if (!r)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.h b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.h
index 998a7b847b3d..15827582a90e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.h
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ typedef void (*MPT_ADD_SGE)(void *paddr, u32 flags_length, dma_addr_t dma_addr);
  * @fw_event_list: list of fw events
  * @aen_event_read_flag: event log was read
  * @broadcast_aen_busy: broadcast aen waiting to be serviced
- * @ioc_reset_in_progress: host reset in progress
+ * @shost_recovery: host reset in progress
  * @ioc_reset_in_progress_lock:
  * @ioc_link_reset_in_progress: phy/hard reset in progress
  * @ignore_loginfos: ignore loginfos during task managment
@@ -545,7 +545,6 @@ struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER {
 	 /* misc flags */
 	int		aen_event_read_flag;
 	u8		broadcast_aen_busy;
-	u8		ioc_reset_in_progress;
 	u8		shost_recovery;
 	spinlock_t 	ioc_reset_in_progress_lock;
 	u8		ioc_link_reset_in_progress;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c
index 14e473d1fa7b..c2a51018910f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c
@@ -1963,7 +1963,6 @@ _ctl_ioctl_main(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
 {
 	enum block_state state;
 	long ret = -EINVAL;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	state = (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) ? NON_BLOCKING :
 	    BLOCKING;
@@ -1989,13 +1988,8 @@ _ctl_ioctl_main(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
 		    !ioc)
 			return -ENODEV;
 
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
-		if (ioc->shost_recovery) {
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock,
-			    flags);
+		if (ioc->shost_recovery)
 			return -EAGAIN;
-		}
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
 
 		if (_IOC_SIZE(cmd) == sizeof(struct mpt2_ioctl_command)) {
 			uarg = arg;
@@ -2098,7 +2092,6 @@ _ctl_compat_mpt_command(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	struct mpt2_ioctl_command karg;
 	struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc;
 	enum block_state state;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (_IOC_SIZE(cmd) != sizeof(struct mpt2_ioctl_command32))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -2113,13 +2106,8 @@ _ctl_compat_mpt_command(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	if (_ctl_verify_adapter(karg32.hdr.ioc_number, &ioc) == -1 || !ioc)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
-	if (ioc->shost_recovery) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock,
-		    flags);
+	if (ioc->shost_recovery)
 		return -EAGAIN;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
 
 	memset(&karg, 0, sizeof(struct mpt2_ioctl_command));
 	karg.hdr.ioc_number = karg32.hdr.ioc_number;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
index 471c3b604596..195f5e5aabf1 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
@@ -1785,17 +1785,18 @@ mpt2sas_scsih_issue_tm(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 handle, uint lun,
 	u32 ioc_state;
 	unsigned long timeleft;
 	u8 VF_ID = 0;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
-	if (ioc->tm_cmds.status != MPT2_CMD_NOT_USED ||
-	    ioc->shost_recovery) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
+	if (ioc->tm_cmds.status != MPT2_CMD_NOT_USED) {
+		printk(MPT2SAS_INFO_FMT "%s: tm_cmd busy!!!\n",
+		    __func__, ioc->name);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (ioc->shost_recovery) {
 		printk(MPT2SAS_INFO_FMT "%s: host reset in progress!\n",
 		    __func__, ioc->name);
 		return;
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
 
 	ioc_state = mpt2sas_base_get_iocstate(ioc, 0);
 	if (ioc_state & MPI2_DOORBELL_USED) {
@@ -2553,7 +2554,6 @@ _scsih_qcmd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, void (*done)(struct scsi_cmnd *))
 	Mpi2SCSIIORequest_t *mpi_request;
 	u32 mpi_control;
 	u16 smid;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	scmd->scsi_done = done;
 	sas_device_priv_data = scmd->device->hostdata;
@@ -2572,13 +2572,10 @@ _scsih_qcmd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, void (*done)(struct scsi_cmnd *))
 	}
 
 	/* see if we are busy with task managment stuff */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
-	if (sas_target_priv_data->tm_busy ||
-	    ioc->shost_recovery || ioc->ioc_link_reset_in_progress) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
+	if (sas_target_priv_data->tm_busy)
+		return SCSI_MLQUEUE_DEVICE_BUSY;
+	else if (ioc->shost_recovery || ioc->ioc_link_reset_in_progress)
 		return SCSI_MLQUEUE_HOST_BUSY;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
 
 	if (scmd->sc_data_direction == DMA_FROM_DEVICE)
 		mpi_control = MPI2_SCSIIO_CONTROL_READ;
@@ -3374,6 +3371,9 @@ _scsih_expander_add(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 handle)
 	if (!handle)
 		return -1;
 
+	if (ioc->shost_recovery)
+		return -1;
+
 	if ((mpt2sas_config_get_expander_pg0(ioc, &mpi_reply, &expander_pg0,
 	    MPI2_SAS_EXPAND_PGAD_FORM_HNDL, handle))) {
 		printk(MPT2SAS_ERR_FMT "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
@@ -3510,6 +3510,9 @@ _scsih_expander_remove(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 handle)
 	struct _sas_node *sas_expander;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	if (ioc->shost_recovery)
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->sas_node_lock, flags);
 	sas_expander = mpt2sas_scsih_expander_find_by_handle(ioc, handle);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->sas_node_lock, flags);
@@ -3681,6 +3684,8 @@ _scsih_remove_device(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 handle)
 		mutex_unlock(&ioc->tm_cmds.mutex);
 		dewtprintk(ioc, printk(MPT2SAS_INFO_FMT "issue target reset "
 		    "done: handle(0x%04x)\n", ioc->name, device_handle));
+		if (ioc->shost_recovery)
+			goto out;
 	}
 
 	/* SAS_IO_UNIT_CNTR - send REMOVE_DEVICE */
@@ -3846,6 +3851,8 @@ _scsih_sas_topology_change_event(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u8 VF_ID,
 			    "expander event\n", ioc->name));
 			return;
 		}
+		if (ioc->shost_recovery)
+			return;
 		if (event_data->PHY[i].PhyStatus &
 		    MPI2_EVENT_SAS_TOPO_PHYSTATUS_VACANT)
 			continue;
@@ -5217,13 +5224,10 @@ _firmware_event_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->fw_event_lock, flags);
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
 	if (ioc->shost_recovery) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
 		_scsih_fw_event_requeue(ioc, fw_event, 1000);
 		return;
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
 
 	switch (fw_event->event) {
 	case MPI2_EVENT_SAS_TOPOLOGY_CHANGE_LIST:
@@ -5425,6 +5429,8 @@ _scsih_expander_node_remove(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc,
 			if (!sas_device)
 				continue;
 			_scsih_remove_device(ioc, sas_device->handle);
+			if (ioc->shost_recovery)
+				return;
 			goto retry_device_search;
 		}
 	}
@@ -5446,6 +5452,8 @@ _scsih_expander_node_remove(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc,
 			if (!expander_sibling)
 				continue;
 			_scsih_expander_remove(ioc, expander_sibling->handle);
+			if (ioc->shost_recovery)
+				return;
 			goto retry_expander_search;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c
index 686695b155c7..a53086d0381a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c
@@ -140,11 +140,18 @@ _transport_set_identify(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 handle,
 	u32 device_info;
 	u32 ioc_status;
 
+	if (ioc->shost_recovery) {
+		printk(MPT2SAS_INFO_FMT "%s: host reset in progress!\n",
+		    __func__, ioc->name);
+		return -EFAULT;
+	}
+
 	if ((mpt2sas_config_get_sas_device_pg0(ioc, &mpi_reply, &sas_device_pg0,
 	    MPI2_SAS_DEVICE_PGAD_FORM_HANDLE, handle))) {
 		printk(MPT2SAS_ERR_FMT "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
+
 		    ioc->name, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);
-		return -1;
+		return -ENXIO;
 	}
 
 	ioc_status = le16_to_cpu(mpi_reply.IOCStatus) &
@@ -153,7 +160,7 @@ _transport_set_identify(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 handle,
 		printk(MPT2SAS_ERR_FMT "handle(0x%04x), ioc_status(0x%04x)"
 		    "\nfailure at %s:%d/%s()!\n", ioc->name, handle, ioc_status,
 		     __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);
-		return -1;
+		return -EIO;
 	}
 
 	memset(identify, 0, sizeof(identify));
@@ -288,21 +295,17 @@ _transport_expander_report_manufacture(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc,
 	void *psge;
 	u32 sgl_flags;
 	u8 issue_reset = 0;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	void *data_out = NULL;
 	dma_addr_t data_out_dma;
 	u32 sz;
 	u64 *sas_address_le;
 	u16 wait_state_count;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
-	if (ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
+	if (ioc->shost_recovery) {
 		printk(MPT2SAS_INFO_FMT "%s: host reset in progress!\n",
 		    __func__, ioc->name);
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
 
 	mutex_lock(&ioc->transport_cmds.mutex);
 
@@ -806,6 +809,12 @@ mpt2sas_transport_update_phy_link_change(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc,
 	struct _sas_node *sas_node;
 	struct _sas_phy *mpt2sas_phy;
 
+	if (ioc->shost_recovery) {
+		printk(MPT2SAS_INFO_FMT "%s: host reset in progress!\n",
+			__func__, ioc->name);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->sas_node_lock, flags);
 	sas_node = _transport_sas_node_find_by_handle(ioc, handle);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->sas_node_lock, flags);
@@ -1025,7 +1034,6 @@ _transport_smp_handler(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct sas_rphy *rphy,
 	void *psge;
 	u32 sgl_flags;
 	u8 issue_reset = 0;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	dma_addr_t dma_addr_in = 0;
 	dma_addr_t dma_addr_out = 0;
 	u16 wait_state_count;
@@ -1045,14 +1053,11 @@ _transport_smp_handler(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct sas_rphy *rphy,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
-	if (ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
+	if (ioc->shost_recovery) {
 		printk(MPT2SAS_INFO_FMT "%s: host reset in progress!\n",
 		    __func__, ioc->name);
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->ioc_reset_in_progress_lock, flags);
 
 	rc = mutex_lock_interruptible(&ioc->transport_cmds.mutex);
 	if (rc)