diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 470954aba7289a758a650cd82b2f1dfe50ae54f1..36d1a23f14be911b5171f2345e1a87553517e4ef 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -1463,8 +1463,8 @@ static int sd_sync_cache(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
 			sd_print_sense_hdr(sdkp, &sshdr);
 		/* we need to evaluate the error return  */
 		if (scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr) &&
-			/* 0x3a is medium not present */
-			sshdr.asc == 0x3a)
+			(sshdr.asc == 0x3a ||	/* medium not present */
+			 sshdr.asc == 0x20))	/* invalid command */
 				/* this is no error here */
 				return 0;