* We didn't get channel end / device end. Check if path
                 * verification has been started; we can retry after it has
                 * finished. We also retry unit checks except for command reject
-                * or intervention required.
+                * or intervention required. Also check for long busy
+                * conditions.
                 */
                 if (cdev->private->flags.doverify ||
                         cdev->private->state == DEV_STATE_VERIFY)
                     !(irb->ecw[0] &
                       (SNS0_CMD_REJECT | SNS0_INTERVENTION_REQ)))
                         cdev->private->intparm = -EAGAIN;
+               else if ((irb->scsw.dstat & DEV_STAT_ATTENTION) &&
+                        (irb->scsw.dstat & DEV_STAT_DEV_END) &&
+                        (irb->scsw.dstat & DEV_STAT_UNIT_EXCEP))
+                       cdev->private->intparm = -EAGAIN;
                 else
                         cdev->private->intparm = -EIO;