diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
index 9175ac292a71..ad19187c8185 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
@@ -2732,15 +2732,6 @@ static int ufshcd_queuecommand(struct Scsi_Host *host, struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	WARN_ON(ufshcd_is_clkgating_allowed(hba) &&
 		(hba->clk_gating.state != CLKS_ON));
 
-	if (unlikely(test_bit(tag, &hba->outstanding_reqs))) {
-		if (hba->pm_op_in_progress)
-			set_host_byte(cmd, DID_BAD_TARGET);
-		else
-			err = SCSI_MLQUEUE_HOST_BUSY;
-		ufshcd_release(hba);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	lrbp = &hba->lrb[tag];
 	WARN_ON(lrbp->cmd);
 	lrbp->cmd = cmd;
@@ -2953,11 +2944,6 @@ static int ufshcd_exec_dev_cmd(struct ufs_hba *hba,
 	req->timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(2 * timeout);
 	blk_mq_start_request(req);
 
-	if (unlikely(test_bit(tag, &hba->outstanding_reqs))) {
-		err = -EBUSY;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	init_completion(&wait);
 	lrbp = &hba->lrb[tag];
 	WARN_ON(lrbp->cmd);
@@ -6670,11 +6656,6 @@ static int ufshcd_issue_devman_upiu_cmd(struct ufs_hba *hba,
 	tag = req->tag;
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!ufshcd_valid_tag(hba, tag));
 
-	if (unlikely(test_bit(tag, &hba->outstanding_reqs))) {
-		err = -EBUSY;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	init_completion(&wait);
 	lrbp = &hba->lrb[tag];
 	WARN_ON(lrbp->cmd);
@@ -6742,7 +6723,6 @@ static int ufshcd_issue_devman_upiu_cmd(struct ufs_hba *hba,
 		}
 	}
 
-out:
 	blk_put_request(req);
 out_unlock:
 	up_read(&hba->clk_scaling_lock);
@@ -6972,7 +6952,7 @@ static int ufshcd_abort(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	struct ufs_hba *hba;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int tag;
-	int err = 0;
+	int err = FAILED, res;
 	struct ufshcd_lrb *lrbp;
 	u32 reg;
 
@@ -6989,12 +6969,12 @@ static int ufshcd_abort(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 
 	ufshcd_hold(hba, false);
 	reg = ufshcd_readl(hba, REG_UTP_TRANSFER_REQ_DOOR_BELL);
-	/* If command is already aborted/completed, return SUCCESS */
+	/* If command is already aborted/completed, return FAILED. */
 	if (!(test_bit(tag, &hba->outstanding_reqs))) {
 		dev_err(hba->dev,
 			"%s: cmd at tag %d already completed, outstanding=0x%lx, doorbell=0x%x\n",
 			__func__, tag, hba->outstanding_reqs, reg);
-		goto out;
+		goto release;
 	}
 
 	/* Print Transfer Request of aborted task */
@@ -7023,7 +7003,8 @@ static int ufshcd_abort(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 		dev_err(hba->dev,
 		"%s: cmd was completed, but without a notifying intr, tag = %d",
 		__func__, tag);
-		goto cleanup;
+		__ufshcd_transfer_req_compl(hba, 1UL << tag);
+		goto release;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -7036,36 +7017,32 @@ static int ufshcd_abort(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	 */
 	if (lrbp->lun == UFS_UPIU_UFS_DEVICE_WLUN) {
 		ufshcd_update_evt_hist(hba, UFS_EVT_ABORT, lrbp->lun);
-		__ufshcd_transfer_req_compl(hba, (1UL << tag));
-		set_bit(tag, &hba->outstanding_reqs);
+
 		spin_lock_irqsave(host->host_lock, flags);
 		hba->force_reset = true;
 		ufshcd_schedule_eh_work(hba);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(host->host_lock, flags);
-		goto out;
+		goto release;
 	}
 
 	/* Skip task abort in case previous aborts failed and report failure */
-	if (lrbp->req_abort_skip)
-		err = -EIO;
-	else
-		err = ufshcd_try_to_abort_task(hba, tag);
-
-	if (!err) {
-cleanup:
-		__ufshcd_transfer_req_compl(hba, (1UL << tag));
-out:
-		err = SUCCESS;
-	} else {
-		dev_err(hba->dev, "%s: failed with err %d\n", __func__, err);
+	if (lrbp->req_abort_skip) {
+		dev_err(hba->dev, "%s: skipping abort\n", __func__);
 		ufshcd_set_req_abort_skip(hba, hba->outstanding_reqs);
-		err = FAILED;
+		goto release;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * This ufshcd_release() corresponds to the original scsi cmd that got
-	 * aborted here (as we won't get any IRQ for it).
-	 */
+	res = ufshcd_try_to_abort_task(hba, tag);
+	if (res) {
+		dev_err(hba->dev, "%s: failed with err %d\n", __func__, res);
+		ufshcd_set_req_abort_skip(hba, hba->outstanding_reqs);
+		goto release;
+	}
+
+	err = SUCCESS;
+
+release:
+	/* Matches the ufshcd_hold() call at the start of this function. */
 	ufshcd_release(hba);
 	return err;
 }