diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
index d202ed5..e2ad5be 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
 	task->task_state_flags &= ~SAS_TASK_STATE_PENDING;
+	task->task_state_flags &= ~SAS_TASK_AT_INITIATOR;
 	task->task_state_flags |= SAS_TASK_STATE_DONE;
 	if (unlikely((task->task_state_flags & SAS_TASK_STATE_ABORTED))) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
@@ -557,6 +558,7 @@
 	struct sas_task *t = task;
 	struct asd_ascb *ascb = NULL, *a;
 	struct asd_ha_struct *asd_ha = task->dev->port->ha->lldd_ha;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	res = asd_can_queue(asd_ha, num);
 	if (res)
@@ -599,6 +601,10 @@
 		}
 		if (res)
 			goto out_err_unmap;
+
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&t->task_state_lock, flags);
+		t->task_state_flags |= SAS_TASK_AT_INITIATOR;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&t->task_state_lock, flags);
 	}
 	list_del_init(&alist);
 
@@ -617,6 +623,9 @@
 			if (a == b)
 				break;
 			t = a->uldd_task;
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&t->task_state_lock, flags);
+			t->task_state_flags &= ~SAS_TASK_AT_INITIATOR;
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&t->task_state_lock, flags);
 			switch (t->task_proto) {
 			case SATA_PROTO:
 			case SAS_PROTO_STP:
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
index 22672d5..21bd247 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
@@ -542,6 +542,13 @@
 			    cmd, task);
 		return EH_HANDLED;
 	}
+	if (!(task->task_state_flags & SAS_TASK_AT_INITIATOR)) {
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
+		SAS_DPRINTK("command 0x%p, task 0x%p, not at initiator: "
+			    "EH_RESET_TIMER\n",
+			    cmd, task);
+		return EH_RESET_TIMER;
+	}
 	task->task_state_flags |= SAS_TASK_STATE_ABORTED;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
 
diff --git a/include/scsi/libsas.h b/include/scsi/libsas.h
index 0c775fc..da96bcf 100644
--- a/include/scsi/libsas.h
+++ b/include/scsi/libsas.h
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@
 #define SAS_TASK_STATE_DONE         2
 #define SAS_TASK_STATE_ABORTED      4
 #define SAS_TASK_INITIATOR_ABORTED  8
+#define SAS_TASK_AT_INITIATOR       16
 
 static inline struct sas_task *sas_alloc_task(gfp_t flags)
 {