diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index c21e53071600c7da915bd3d71a16f4d67bd829a8..bc5ff6ff9c796bfa9101ba7d73b4e834af9d0b33 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -459,14 +459,6 @@ static int scsi_check_sense(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
 	if (! scsi_command_normalize_sense(scmd, &sshdr))
 		return FAILED;	/* no valid sense data */
 
-	if (scmd->cmnd[0] == TEST_UNIT_READY && scmd->scsi_done != scsi_eh_done)
-		/*
-		 * nasty: for mid-layer issued TURs, we need to return the
-		 * actual sense data without any recovery attempt.  For eh
-		 * issued ones, we need to try to recover and interpret
-		 */
-		return SUCCESS;
-
 	scsi_report_sense(sdev, &sshdr);
 
 	if (scsi_sense_is_deferred(&sshdr))
@@ -482,6 +474,14 @@ static int scsi_check_sense(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
 		/* handler does not care. Drop down to default handling */
 	}
 
+	if (scmd->cmnd[0] == TEST_UNIT_READY && scmd->scsi_done != scsi_eh_done)
+		/*
+		 * nasty: for mid-layer issued TURs, we need to return the
+		 * actual sense data without any recovery attempt.  For eh
+		 * issued ones, we need to try to recover and interpret
+		 */
+		return SUCCESS;
+
 	/*
 	 * Previous logic looked for FILEMARK, EOM or ILI which are
 	 * mainly associated with tapes and returned SUCCESS.