diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
index eac1d2dde743daf23016d2a1ce372485a6725131..04eace9020ba14fffd0bccf54acecb9bb4f3eada 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
@@ -723,6 +723,8 @@ int sas_slave_configure(struct scsi_device *scsi_dev)
 		scsi_deactivate_tcq(scsi_dev, 1);
 	}
 
+	scsi_dev->allow_restart = 1;
+
 	return 0;
 }