diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1e433cfc61d9..6d574d743477 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 18a6598f2d3bb7275dadba77df5f06bc996a77d4
+refs/heads/master: ed773e66480fdcd06732eb2aa39362599dcd67fa
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index 7a1a1bb1341e..28a266c804be 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -932,10 +932,12 @@ static int scsi_eh_try_stu(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
 	static unsigned char stu_command[6] = {START_STOP, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0};
 
 	if (scmd->device->allow_restart) {
-		int rtn;
+		int i, rtn = NEEDS_RETRY;
+
+		for (i = 0; rtn == NEEDS_RETRY && i < 2; i++)
+			rtn = scsi_send_eh_cmnd(scmd, stu_command, 6,
+						START_UNIT_TIMEOUT, 0);
 
-		rtn = scsi_send_eh_cmnd(scmd, stu_command, 6,
-					START_UNIT_TIMEOUT, 0);
 		if (rtn == SUCCESS)
 			return 0;
 	}