spin_unlock_irqrestore(&core->task_queue_lock, flags);
        }
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
-       if (task->task_state_flags & SAS_TASK_INITIATOR_ABORTED) {
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
-               SAS_DPRINTK("%s: task 0x%p already aborted\n",
-                           __FUNCTION__, task);
-               return TASK_IS_ABORTED;
-       }
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
-
        for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
                SAS_DPRINTK("%s: aborting task 0x%p\n", __FUNCTION__, task);
                res = si->dft->lldd_abort_task(task);
        }
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
-       if (task->task_state_flags & SAS_TASK_INITIATOR_ABORTED) {
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
-               SAS_DPRINTK("command 0x%p, task 0x%p, aborted by initiator: "
-                           "EH_NOT_HANDLED\n", cmd, task);
-               return EH_NOT_HANDLED;
-       }
        if (task->task_state_flags & SAS_TASK_STATE_DONE) {
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
                SAS_DPRINTK("command 0x%p, task 0x%p, timed out: EH_HANDLED\n",
                return 0;
        }
 
-       task->task_state_flags |= SAS_TASK_INITIATOR_ABORTED;
        if (!(task->task_state_flags & SAS_TASK_STATE_DONE))
                task->task_state_flags |= SAS_TASK_STATE_ABORTED;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
        }
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
-       task->task_state_flags &= ~SAS_TASK_INITIATOR_ABORTED;
        if (!(task->task_state_flags & SAS_TASK_STATE_DONE))
                task->task_state_flags &= ~SAS_TASK_STATE_ABORTED;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->task_state_lock, flags);