TASK_IS_ABORTED,
        TASK_IS_AT_LU,
        TASK_IS_NOT_AT_LU,
+       TASK_ABORT_FAILED,
 };
 
 static enum task_disposition sas_scsi_find_task(struct sas_task *task)
                        SAS_DPRINTK("%s: querying task 0x%p\n",
                                    __FUNCTION__, task);
                        res = si->dft->lldd_query_task(task);
-                       if (res == TMF_RESP_FUNC_SUCC) {
+                       switch (res) {
+                       case TMF_RESP_FUNC_SUCC:
                                SAS_DPRINTK("%s: task 0x%p at LU\n",
                                            __FUNCTION__, task);
                                return TASK_IS_AT_LU;
-                       } else if (res == TMF_RESP_FUNC_COMPLETE) {
+                       case TMF_RESP_FUNC_COMPLETE:
                                SAS_DPRINTK("%s: task 0x%p not at LU\n",
                                            __FUNCTION__, task);
                                return TASK_IS_NOT_AT_LU;
-                       }
+                       case TMF_RESP_FUNC_FAILED:
+                                SAS_DPRINTK("%s: task 0x%p failed to abort\n",
+                                                __FUNCTION__, task);
+                                return TASK_ABORT_FAILED;
+                        }
+
                }
        }
        return res;
                        }
                        /* fallthrough */
                case TASK_IS_NOT_AT_LU:
+               case TASK_ABORT_FAILED:
                        SAS_DPRINTK("task 0x%p is not at LU: I_T recover\n",
                                    task);
                        tmf_resp = sas_recover_I_T(task->dev);