diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
index fa42fd0604c1..149edd6a8d20 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
@@ -8374,6 +8374,28 @@ out:
 	}
 }
 
+static enum scsi_timeout_action ufshcd_eh_timed_out(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
+{
+	struct ufs_hba *hba = shost_priv(scmd->device->host);
+
+	if (!hba->system_suspending) {
+		/* Activate the error handler in the SCSI core. */
+		return SCSI_EH_NOT_HANDLED;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If we get here we know that no TMFs are outstanding and also that
+	 * the only pending command is a START STOP UNIT command. Handle the
+	 * timeout of that command directly to prevent a deadlock between
+	 * ufshcd_set_dev_pwr_mode() and ufshcd_err_handler().
+	 */
+	ufshcd_link_recovery(hba);
+	dev_info(hba->dev, "%s() finished; outstanding_tasks = %#lx.\n",
+		 __func__, hba->outstanding_tasks);
+
+	return hba->outstanding_reqs ? SCSI_EH_RESET_TIMER : SCSI_EH_DONE;
+}
+
 static const struct attribute_group *ufshcd_driver_groups[] = {
 	&ufs_sysfs_unit_descriptor_group,
 	&ufs_sysfs_lun_attributes_group,
@@ -8408,6 +8430,7 @@ static struct scsi_host_template ufshcd_driver_template = {
 	.eh_abort_handler	= ufshcd_abort,
 	.eh_device_reset_handler = ufshcd_eh_device_reset_handler,
 	.eh_host_reset_handler   = ufshcd_eh_host_reset_handler,
+	.eh_timed_out		= ufshcd_eh_timed_out,
 	.this_id		= -1,
 	.sg_tablesize		= SG_ALL,
 	.cmd_per_lun		= UFSHCD_CMD_PER_LUN,
@@ -8831,6 +8854,7 @@ static int ufshcd_execute_start_stop(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 	rq->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(cdb[0]);
 	memcpy(rq->cmd, cdb, rq->cmd_len);
 	rq->retries = 0/*retries*/;
+	scmd->flags |= SCMD_FAIL_IF_RECOVERING;
 	req->timeout = 1 * HZ;
 	req->rq_flags |= RQF_PM | RQF_QUIET;