spin_lock_irqsave(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
        task->task_state_flags &= ~SAS_TASK_STATE_PENDING;
+       task->task_state_flags &= ~SAS_TASK_AT_INITIATOR;
        task->task_state_flags |= SAS_TASK_STATE_DONE;
        if (unlikely((task->task_state_flags & SAS_TASK_STATE_ABORTED))) {
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
        struct sas_task *t = task;
        struct asd_ascb *ascb = NULL, *a;
        struct asd_ha_struct *asd_ha = task->dev->port->ha->lldd_ha;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
        res = asd_can_queue(asd_ha, num);
        if (res)
                }
                if (res)
                        goto out_err_unmap;
+
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&t->task_state_lock, flags);
+               t->task_state_flags |= SAS_TASK_AT_INITIATOR;
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&t->task_state_lock, flags);
        }
        list_del_init(&alist);
 
                        if (a == b)
                                break;
                        t = a->uldd_task;
+                       spin_lock_irqsave(&t->task_state_lock, flags);
+                       t->task_state_flags &= ~SAS_TASK_AT_INITIATOR;
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&t->task_state_lock, flags);
                        switch (t->task_proto) {
                        case SATA_PROTO:
                        case SAS_PROTO_STP:
 
                            cmd, task);
                return EH_HANDLED;
        }
+       if (!(task->task_state_flags & SAS_TASK_AT_INITIATOR)) {
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
+               SAS_DPRINTK("command 0x%p, task 0x%p, not at initiator: "
+                           "EH_RESET_TIMER\n",
+                           cmd, task);
+               return EH_RESET_TIMER;
+       }
        task->task_state_flags |= SAS_TASK_STATE_ABORTED;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->task_state_lock, flags);
 
 
 #define SAS_TASK_STATE_DONE         2
 #define SAS_TASK_STATE_ABORTED      4
 #define SAS_TASK_INITIATOR_ABORTED  8
+#define SAS_TASK_AT_INITIATOR       16
 
 static inline struct sas_task *sas_alloc_task(gfp_t flags)
 {