diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
index 0829b55c64d23c90cf70b025a566447eed8635f0..adc47d481f97655efd0f34cc278e4ee3931b98b9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ static int sas_execute_task(struct sas_task *task, void *buffer, int size,
 			goto ex_err;
 		}
 		wait_for_completion(&task->completion);
-		res = -ETASK;
+		res = -ECOMM;
 		if (task->task_state_flags & SAS_TASK_STATE_ABORTED) {
 			int res2;
 			SAS_DPRINTK("task aborted, flags:0x%x\n",
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
index 8aeaad95242c9bf1efa4d9a6cdb36f22684bad4d..aefd865a578862e3bf17b4a8d6a7f8a4a8aaffef 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static int smp_execute_task(struct domain_device *dev, void *req, int req_size,
 		}
 
 		wait_for_completion(&task->completion);
-		res = -ETASK;
+		res = -ECOMM;
 		if ((task->task_state_flags & SAS_TASK_STATE_ABORTED)) {
 			SAS_DPRINTK("smp task timed out or aborted\n");
 			i->dft->lldd_abort_task(task);
diff --git a/include/scsi/libsas.h b/include/scsi/libsas.h
index 93248cd48373111638b46772a3bbc7a53ddedc73..a075f130303c87f8d066148871704903f65da056 100644
--- a/include/scsi/libsas.h
+++ b/include/scsi/libsas.h
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ enum discover_event {
 
 /* ---------- Expander Devices ---------- */
 
-#define ETASK 0xFA
-
 #define to_dom_device(_obj) container_of(_obj, struct domain_device, dev_obj)
 #define to_dev_attr(_attr)  container_of(_attr, struct domain_dev_attribute,\
                                          attr)