diff --git a/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c b/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c
index 5ec583dc2e7d..3a75b9fbedf4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ static struct pqi_cmd_priv *pqi_cmd_priv(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	return scsi_cmd_priv(cmd);
 }
 
+static int pqi_init_cmd_priv(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
+{
+	memset(pqi_cmd_priv(cmd), 0, sizeof(struct pqi_cmd_priv));
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void pqi_verify_structures(void);
 static void pqi_take_ctrl_offline(struct pqi_ctrl_info *ctrl_info,
 	enum pqi_ctrl_shutdown_reason ctrl_shutdown_reason);
@@ -5958,6 +5964,17 @@ void pqi_prep_for_scsi_done(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
 	struct pqi_scsi_dev *device;
 	struct completion *wait;
 
+	/*
+	 * Clear the AIO-retry marker on final completion so the tag
+	 * starts clean on its next dispatch.  On DID_IMM_RETRY leave
+	 * it intact: pqi_aio_io_complete() sets DID_IMM_RETRY and
+	 * bumps the marker to steer the requeue onto the RAID path,
+	 * and pqi_process_raid_io_error() consumes the non-zero
+	 * marker to offline a misbehaving drive.
+	 */
+	if (host_byte(scmd->result) != DID_IMM_RETRY)
+		pqi_cmd_priv(scmd)->this_residual = 0;
+
 	if (!scmd->device) {
 		set_host_byte(scmd, DID_NO_CONNECT);
 		return;
@@ -7612,6 +7629,7 @@ static const struct scsi_host_template pqi_driver_template = {
 	.sdev_groups = pqi_sdev_groups,
 	.shost_groups = pqi_shost_groups,
 	.cmd_size = sizeof(struct pqi_cmd_priv),
+	.init_cmd_priv = pqi_init_cmd_priv,
 };
 
 static int pqi_register_scsi(struct pqi_ctrl_info *ctrl_info)