diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index 804f63270e3783fef7babc650d9dc6f7a65ce796..4a6381c87253ec4be307eb47dc8d1ff6ebad4dc3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -1818,15 +1818,14 @@ int scsi_error_handler(void *data)
 	 * We never actually get interrupted because kthread_run
 	 * disables signal delivery for the created thread.
 	 */
-	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		if ((shost->host_failed == 0 && shost->host_eh_scheduled == 0) ||
 		    shost->host_failed != shost->host_busy) {
 			SCSI_LOG_ERROR_RECOVERY(1,
 				printk("Error handler scsi_eh_%d sleeping\n",
 					shost->host_no));
 			schedule();
-			set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -1863,7 +1862,6 @@ int scsi_error_handler(void *data)
 		scsi_restart_operations(shost);
 		if (!shost->eh_noresume)
 			scsi_autopm_put_host(shost);
-		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 	}
 	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);