diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index f7e316368c99ea289deb85a66541a88f06577737..3f50dfcb3227a834069a530bd8628e1cf9ee603d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -733,6 +733,14 @@ void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned int good_bytes)
 			scsi_next_command(cmd);
 			return;
 		}
+	} else if (blk_rq_bytes(req) == 0 && result && !sense_deferred) {
+		/*
+		 * Certain non BLOCK_PC requests are commands that don't
+		 * actually transfer anything (FLUSH), so cannot use
+		 * good_bytes != blk_rq_bytes(req) as the signal for an error.
+		 * This sets the error explicitly for the problem case.
+		 */
+		error = __scsi_error_from_host_byte(cmd, result);
 	}
 
 	/* no bidi support for !REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC yet */