diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
index ddd729e2ea89ad3b22a552870504d2697edda110..c255f46e6405cbfb56b8c750524d22296be111d7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ static ssize_t unique_id_show(struct device *dev,
 	struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf);
 static ssize_t host_show_firmware_revision(struct device *dev,
 	     struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf);
+static ssize_t host_show_commands_outstanding(struct device *dev,
+	     struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf);
 static void hpsa_update_scsi_devices(struct ctlr_info *h, int hostno);
 static ssize_t host_store_rescan(struct device *dev,
 	 struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count);
@@ -188,6 +190,8 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(unique_id, S_IRUGO, unique_id_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(rescan, S_IWUSR, NULL, host_store_rescan);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(firmware_revision, S_IRUGO,
 	host_show_firmware_revision, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(commands_outstanding, S_IRUGO,
+	host_show_commands_outstanding, NULL);
 
 static struct device_attribute *hpsa_sdev_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_raid_level,
@@ -199,6 +203,7 @@ static struct device_attribute *hpsa_sdev_attrs[] = {
 static struct device_attribute *hpsa_shost_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_rescan,
 	&dev_attr_firmware_revision,
+	&dev_attr_commands_outstanding,
 	NULL,
 };
 
@@ -299,6 +304,15 @@ static ssize_t host_show_firmware_revision(struct device *dev,
 		fwrev[0], fwrev[1], fwrev[2], fwrev[3]);
 }
 
+static ssize_t host_show_commands_outstanding(struct device *dev,
+	     struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct Scsi_Host *shost = class_to_shost(dev);
+	struct ctlr_info *h = shost_to_hba(shost);
+
+	return snprintf(buf, 20, "%d\n", h->commands_outstanding);
+}
+
 /* Enqueuing and dequeuing functions for cmdlists. */
 static inline void addQ(struct hlist_head *list, struct CommandList *c)
 {