diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
index 8cf4a0c69baf..9a6e4a2cd072 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
@@ -7463,6 +7463,10 @@ static void hpsa_put_ctlr_into_performant_mode(struct ctlr_info *h)
 	if (hpsa_simple_mode)
 		return;
 
+	trans_support = readl(&(h->cfgtable->TransportSupport));
+	if (!(trans_support & PERFORMANT_MODE))
+		return;
+
 	/* Check for I/O accelerator mode support */
 	if (trans_support & CFGTBL_Trans_io_accel1) {
 		transMethod |= CFGTBL_Trans_io_accel1 |
@@ -7479,10 +7483,6 @@ static void hpsa_put_ctlr_into_performant_mode(struct ctlr_info *h)
 	}
 
 	/* TODO, check that this next line h->nreply_queues is correct */
-	trans_support = readl(&(h->cfgtable->TransportSupport));
-	if (!(trans_support & PERFORMANT_MODE))
-		return;
-
 	h->nreply_queues = h->msix_vector > 0 ? h->msix_vector : 1;
 	hpsa_get_max_perf_mode_cmds(h);
 	/* Performant mode ring buffer and supporting data structures */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index 771c16bfdbac..f17aa7aa7879 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ scsi_abort_command(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
 		/*
 		 * Retry after abort failed, escalate to next level.
 		 */
+		scmd->eh_eflags &= ~SCSI_EH_ABORT_SCHEDULED;
 		SCSI_LOG_ERROR_RECOVERY(3,
 			scmd_printk(KERN_INFO, scmd,
 				    "scmd %p previous abort failed\n", scmd));
@@ -920,10 +921,12 @@ void scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, struct scsi_eh_save *ses,
 	ses->prot_op = scmd->prot_op;
 
 	scmd->prot_op = SCSI_PROT_NORMAL;
+	scmd->eh_eflags = 0;
 	scmd->cmnd = ses->eh_cmnd;
 	memset(scmd->cmnd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB);
 	memset(&scmd->sdb, 0, sizeof(scmd->sdb));
 	scmd->request->next_rq = NULL;
+	scmd->result = 0;
 
 	if (sense_bytes) {
 		scmd->sdb.length = min_t(unsigned, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE,
@@ -1157,6 +1160,15 @@ int scsi_eh_get_sense(struct list_head *work_q,
 					     __func__));
 			break;
 		}
+		if (status_byte(scmd->result) != CHECK_CONDITION)
+			/*
+			 * don't request sense if there's no check condition
+			 * status because the error we're processing isn't one
+			 * that has a sense code (and some devices get
+			 * confused by sense requests out of the blue)
+			 */
+			continue;
+
 		SCSI_LOG_ERROR_RECOVERY(2, scmd_printk(KERN_INFO, scmd,
 						  "%s: requesting sense\n",
 						  current->comm));
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 65a123d9c676..9db097a28a74 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ static void __scsi_queue_insert(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, int reason, int unbusy)
 	 * lock such that the kblockd_schedule_work() call happens
 	 * before blk_cleanup_queue() finishes.
 	 */
+	cmd->result = 0;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
 	blk_requeue_request(q, cmd->request);
 	kblockd_schedule_work(q, &device->requeue_work);
@@ -1044,6 +1045,7 @@ static int scsi_init_sgtable(struct request *req, struct scsi_data_buffer *sdb,
  */
 int scsi_init_io(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
+	struct scsi_device *sdev = cmd->device;
 	struct request *rq = cmd->request;
 
 	int error = scsi_init_sgtable(rq, &cmd->sdb, gfp_mask);
@@ -1091,7 +1093,7 @@ int scsi_init_io(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	scsi_release_buffers(cmd);
 	cmd->request->special = NULL;
 	scsi_put_command(cmd);
-	put_device(&cmd->device->sdev_gendev);
+	put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
 	return error;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_init_io);
@@ -1273,7 +1275,7 @@ int scsi_prep_return(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req, int ret)
 			struct scsi_cmnd *cmd = req->special;
 			scsi_release_buffers(cmd);
 			scsi_put_command(cmd);
-			put_device(&cmd->device->sdev_gendev);
+			put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
 			req->special = NULL;
 		}
 		break;