diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
index 9f985267c30fb3517a4da3513a9978bdda2340da..4dbcc055ac783bb4b8b3752def53a91dee759a7a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 #ifndef AAC_DRIVER_BUILD
-# define AAC_DRIVER_BUILD 26000
+# define AAC_DRIVER_BUILD 26400
 # define AAC_DRIVER_BRANCH "-ms"
 #endif
 #define MAXIMUM_NUM_CONTAINERS	32
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #define AAC_MAX_HOSTPHYSMEMPAGES (0xfffff)
 #define AAC_MAX_32BIT_SGBCOUNT	((unsigned short)256)
 
+#define AAC_DEBUG_INSTRUMENT_AIF_DELETE
+
 /*
  * These macros convert from physical channels to virtual channels
  */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
index 69692b050e3cf2d3e53d0c272f72d1dd423ccd3a..70079146e203631082e7c56e308d6c89679c2523 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
@@ -1133,6 +1133,9 @@ static void aac_handle_aif(struct aac_dev * dev, struct fib * fibptr)
 	if (device) {
 		switch (device_config_needed) {
 		case DELETE:
+#if (defined(AAC_DEBUG_INSTRUMENT_AIF_DELETE))
+			scsi_remove_device(device);
+#else
 			if (scsi_device_online(device)) {
 				scsi_device_set_state(device, SDEV_OFFLINE);
 				sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, device,
@@ -1141,6 +1144,7 @@ static void aac_handle_aif(struct aac_dev * dev, struct fib * fibptr)
 						"array deleted" :
 						"enclosure services event");
 			}
+#endif
 			break;
 		case ADD:
 			if (!scsi_device_online(device)) {
@@ -1155,12 +1159,16 @@ static void aac_handle_aif(struct aac_dev * dev, struct fib * fibptr)
 		case CHANGE:
 			if ((channel == CONTAINER_CHANNEL)
 			 && (!dev->fsa_dev[container].valid)) {
+#if (defined(AAC_DEBUG_INSTRUMENT_AIF_DELETE))
+				scsi_remove_device(device);
+#else
 				if (!scsi_device_online(device))
 					break;
 				scsi_device_set_state(device, SDEV_OFFLINE);
 				sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, device,
 					"Device offlined - %s\n",
 					"array failed");
+#endif
 				break;
 			}
 			scsi_rescan_device(&device->sdev_gendev);