diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
index 3a9ddae86f1f8e2d5e33474a7f0f3510ec413c65..cd2ee473f08d3e0be95766c18b2f38a3082fd5eb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
@@ -1471,6 +1471,14 @@ megasas_queue_command_lck(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, void (*done) (struct scsi_cmnd
 		return SCSI_MLQUEUE_HOST_BUSY;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&instance->hba_lock, flags);
+
+	if (instance->adprecovery == MEGASAS_HW_CRITICAL_ERROR) {
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&instance->hba_lock, flags);
+		scmd->result = DID_ERROR << 16;
+		done(scmd);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (instance->adprecovery != MEGASAS_HBA_OPERATIONAL) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&instance->hba_lock, flags);
 		return SCSI_MLQUEUE_HOST_BUSY;