diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
index 4c2a1402373c05d3fafd2531c206931759086be4..a8ace8d24e66be34a6d9808d36c3245e7651d3d3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
@@ -411,18 +411,12 @@ static void sas_ata_post_internal(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 		 *  ourselves.
 		 */
 		struct sas_task *task = qc->lldd_task;
-		unsigned long flags;
 
 		qc->lldd_task = NULL;
-		if (task) {
-			/* Should this be a AT(API) device reset? */
-			spin_lock_irqsave(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
-			task->task_state_flags |= SAS_TASK_NEED_DEV_RESET;
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
-
-			task->uldd_task = NULL;
-			sas_ata_internal_abort(task);
-		}
+		if (!task)
+			return;
+		task->uldd_task = NULL;
+		sas_ata_internal_abort(task);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
index e02ca3d570f5d88aea1920cb18939f4398a5463f..af71a6d0edae358258234218b2e82d8f1d52426a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static void sas_scsi_clear_queue_lu(struct list_head *error_q, struct scsi_cmnd
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(cmd, n, error_q, eh_entry) {
 		if (cmd->device->sdev_target == my_cmd->device->sdev_target &&
 		    cmd->device->lun == my_cmd->device->lun)
-			sas_eh_finish_cmd(cmd);
+			sas_eh_defer_cmd(cmd);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ static int sas_eh_handle_sas_errors(struct Scsi_Host *shost,
 					    "recovered\n",
 					    SAS_ADDR(task->dev),
 					    cmd->device->lun);
-				sas_eh_finish_cmd(cmd);
+				sas_eh_defer_cmd(cmd);
 				sas_scsi_clear_queue_lu(work_q, cmd);
 				goto Again;
 			}