diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
index 19e42ac07cb228dd09dc771ec9a85f6513f877fd..0fd462a876f989d2e2e3f8f3e394bd3bb0c11852 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ int aac_fib_send(u16 command, struct fib *fibptr, unsigned long size,
 			 */
 			unsigned long count = 36000000L; /* 3 minutes */
 			while (down_trylock(&fibptr->event_wait)) {
+				int blink;
 				if (--count == 0) {
 					spin_lock_irqsave(q->lock, qflags);
 					q->numpending--;
@@ -530,6 +531,14 @@ int aac_fib_send(u16 command, struct fib *fibptr, unsigned long size,
 					}
 					return -ETIMEDOUT;
 				}
+				if ((blink = aac_adapter_check_health(dev)) > 0) {
+					if (wait == -1) {
+	        				printk(KERN_ERR "aacraid: aac_fib_send: adapter blinkLED 0x%x.\n"
+						  "Usually a result of a serious unrecoverable hardware problem\n",
+						  blink);
+					}
+					return -EFAULT;
+				}
 				udelay(5);
 			}
 		} else if (down_interruptible(&fibptr->event_wait)) {