diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index bd2a38ef46f51211ca237e7517652a74cf2ad686..00b168b6a5fcc7dff17690e8af324af36dfb836a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -1751,7 +1751,7 @@ static int sd_eh_action(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, int eh_disp)
 			    "Medium access timeout failure. Offlining disk!\n");
 		scsi_device_set_state(scmd->device, SDEV_OFFLINE);
 
-		return FAILED;
+		return SUCCESS;
 	}
 
 	return eh_disp;