diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
index 815de2b091a554c9f73c428ff641bde52ac6f3ca..a8b1ffc0cb3de91c3e22477553f90279a69b59f4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
@@ -1585,7 +1585,10 @@ static int multipath_end_io(struct dm_target *ti, struct request *clone,
 	if (error && !noretry_error(error)) {
 		struct multipath *m = ti->private;
 
-		r = DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE;
+		if (error == BLK_STS_RESOURCE)
+			r = DM_ENDIO_DELAY_REQUEUE;
+		else
+			r = DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE;
 
 		if (pgpath)
 			fail_path(pgpath);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
index 9d32f25489c27ad1fc743d387e19f8fa5a67cf25..b78ff6921cfb670f325819bd45cd211f4b49cd62 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
@@ -315,6 +315,10 @@ static void dm_done(struct request *clone, blk_status_t error, bool mapped)
 		/* The target wants to requeue the I/O */
 		dm_requeue_original_request(tio, false);
 		break;
+	case DM_ENDIO_DELAY_REQUEUE:
+		/* The target wants to requeue the I/O after a delay */
+		dm_requeue_original_request(tio, true);
+		break;
 	default:
 		DMWARN("unimplemented target endio return value: %d", r);
 		BUG();
diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index 9ba84532947d769eee1a8669ca85c3c57ff1f530..da83f64952e7d07ebccded358bb363807d49b7b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ do {									\
 #define DM_ENDIO_DONE		0
 #define DM_ENDIO_INCOMPLETE	1
 #define DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE	2
+#define DM_ENDIO_DELAY_REQUEUE	3
 
 /*
  * Definitions of return values from target map function.
@@ -557,7 +558,7 @@ do {									\
 #define DM_MAPIO_SUBMITTED	0
 #define DM_MAPIO_REMAPPED	1
 #define DM_MAPIO_REQUEUE	DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE
-#define DM_MAPIO_DELAY_REQUEUE	3
+#define DM_MAPIO_DELAY_REQUEUE	DM_ENDIO_DELAY_REQUEUE
 #define DM_MAPIO_KILL		4
 
 #define dm_sector_div64(x, y)( \