return ret;
 }
 
+static int srp_new_cm_id(struct srp_target_port *target)
+{
+       struct ib_cm_id *new_cm_id;
+
+       new_cm_id = ib_create_cm_id(target->srp_host->dev->dev,
+                                   srp_cm_handler, target);
+       if (IS_ERR(new_cm_id))
+               return PTR_ERR(new_cm_id);
+
+       if (target->cm_id)
+               ib_destroy_cm_id(target->cm_id);
+       target->cm_id = new_cm_id;
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static int srp_create_target_ib(struct srp_target_port *target)
 {
        struct ib_qp_init_attr *init_attr;
 
 static int srp_connect_target(struct srp_target_port *target)
 {
+       int retries = 3;
        int ret;
 
        ret = srp_lookup_path(target);
                case SRP_DLID_REDIRECT:
                        break;
 
+               case SRP_STALE_CONN:
+                       /* Our current CM id was stale, and is now in timewait.
+                        * Try to reconnect with a new one.
+                        */
+                       if (!retries-- || srp_new_cm_id(target)) {
+                               shost_printk(KERN_ERR, target->scsi_host, PFX
+                                            "giving up on stale connection\n");
+                               target->status = -ECONNRESET;
+                               return target->status;
+                       }
+
+                       shost_printk(KERN_ERR, target->scsi_host, PFX
+                                    "retrying stale connection\n");
+                       break;
+
                default:
                        return target->status;
                }
 
 static int srp_reconnect_target(struct srp_target_port *target)
 {
-       struct ib_cm_id *new_cm_id;
        struct ib_qp_attr qp_attr;
        struct srp_request *req, *tmp;
        struct ib_wc wc;
         * Now get a new local CM ID so that we avoid confusing the
         * target in case things are really fouled up.
         */
-       new_cm_id = ib_create_cm_id(target->srp_host->dev->dev,
-                                   srp_cm_handler, target);
-       if (IS_ERR(new_cm_id)) {
-               ret = PTR_ERR(new_cm_id);
+       ret = srp_new_cm_id(target);
+       if (ret)
                goto err;
-       }
-       ib_destroy_cm_id(target->cm_id);
-       target->cm_id = new_cm_id;
 
        qp_attr.qp_state = IB_QPS_RESET;
        ret = ib_modify_qp(target->qp, &qp_attr, IB_QP_STATE);
                target->status = -ECONNRESET;
                break;
 
+       case IB_CM_REJ_STALE_CONN:
+               shost_printk(KERN_WARNING, shost, "  REJ reason: stale connection\n");
+               target->status = SRP_STALE_CONN;
+               break;
+
        default:
                shost_printk(KERN_WARNING, shost, "  REJ reason 0x%x\n",
                             event->param.rej_rcvd.reason);
        if (ret)
                goto err;
 
-       target->cm_id = ib_create_cm_id(host->dev->dev, srp_cm_handler, target);
-       if (IS_ERR(target->cm_id)) {
-               ret = PTR_ERR(target->cm_id);
+       ret = srp_new_cm_id(target);
+       if (ret)
                goto err_free;
-       }
 
        target->qp_in_error = 0;
        ret = srp_connect_target(target);