diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_fcp.c b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_fcp.c
index 10faca2686bad05a23278099b13bd3fc9315d3da..0e2a2016af71af4ec98ad92d25d06bb32e0d8b80 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_fcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_fcp.c
@@ -2008,9 +2008,15 @@ static void fc_io_compl(struct fc_fcp_pkt *fsp)
 		sc_cmd->result = (DID_ERROR << 16) | fsp->cdb_status;
 		break;
 	case FC_CMD_ABORTED:
-		FC_FCP_DBG(fsp, "Returning DID_ERROR to scsi-ml "
-			  "due to FC_CMD_ABORTED\n");
-		sc_cmd->result = (DID_ERROR << 16) | fsp->io_status;
+		if (host_byte(sc_cmd->result) == DID_TIME_OUT)
+			FC_FCP_DBG(fsp, "Returning DID_TIME_OUT to scsi-ml "
+				   "due to FC_CMD_ABORTED\n");
+		else {
+			FC_FCP_DBG(fsp, "Returning DID_ERROR to scsi-ml "
+				   "due to FC_CMD_ABORTED\n");
+			set_host_byte(sc_cmd, DID_ERROR);
+		}
+		sc_cmd->result |= fsp->io_status;
 		break;
 	case FC_CMD_RESET:
 		FC_FCP_DBG(fsp, "Returning DID_RESET to scsi-ml "