diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
index d9c2769..e2efc6c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ static int smp_execute_task(struct domain_device *dev, void *req, int req_size,
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->ex_dev.cmd_mutex);
 	for (retry = 0; retry < 3; retry++) {
+		if (dev->gone)
+			return -ECOMM;
+
 		task = sas_alloc_task(GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!task) {
 			res = -ENOMEM;