diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
index a8dd4b51b086c99181cb7256aa5ccade25cd46db..e221321d97d265ffb005ac46c226e359ac53e433 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
@@ -527,6 +527,10 @@ int aac_fib_send(u16 command, struct fib *fibptr, unsigned long size,
 
 	if (!(hw_fib->header.XferState & cpu_to_le32(HostOwned)))
 		return -EBUSY;
+
+	if (hw_fib->header.XferState & cpu_to_le32(AdapterProcessed))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/*
 	 *	There are 5 cases with the wait and response requested flags.
 	 *	The only invalid cases are if the caller requests to wait and