diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
index f83a0045a129..84ca17d29898 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
@@ -8776,9 +8776,11 @@ static int ufshcd_set_dev_pwr_mode(struct ufs_hba *hba,
 	for (retries = 3; retries > 0; --retries) {
 		ret = scsi_execute(sdp, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, NULL, &sshdr,
 				   HZ, 0, 0, RQF_PM, NULL);
-		if (!scsi_status_is_check_condition(ret) ||
-				!scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr) ||
-				sshdr.sense_key != UNIT_ATTENTION)
+		/*
+		 * scsi_execute() only returns a negative value if the request
+		 * queue is dying.
+		 */
+		if (ret <= 0)
 			break;
 	}
 	if (ret) {