diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index abddd910d8ec..83946ef864e6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 71fa7421822a251fc3e9ffb54653395b6b964309
+refs/heads/master: 0762a4824d6c6f8eb5d2646dfda95581d99afaa5
diff --git a/trunk/include/scsi/scsi_device.h b/trunk/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
index 9576690901dd..15b09266b7ff 100644
--- a/trunk/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
+++ b/trunk/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
@@ -401,7 +401,8 @@ static inline unsigned int sdev_id(struct scsi_device *sdev)
  */
 static inline int scsi_device_online(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 {
-	return sdev->sdev_state != SDEV_OFFLINE;
+	return (sdev->sdev_state != SDEV_OFFLINE &&
+		sdev->sdev_state != SDEV_DEL);
 }
 static inline int scsi_device_blocked(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 {