diff --git a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
index 7dbbb29d24c6..03a2aadf0d3c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
@@ -533,7 +533,9 @@ static int virtscsi_queuecommand(struct virtio_scsi *vscsi,
 {
 	struct Scsi_Host *shost = virtio_scsi_host(vscsi->vdev);
 	struct virtio_scsi_cmd *cmd = scsi_cmd_priv(sc);
+	unsigned long flags;
 	int req_size;
+	int ret;
 
 	BUG_ON(scsi_sg_count(sc) > shost->sg_tablesize);
 
@@ -561,8 +563,15 @@ static int virtscsi_queuecommand(struct virtio_scsi *vscsi,
 		req_size = sizeof(cmd->req.cmd);
 	}
 
-	if (virtscsi_kick_cmd(req_vq, cmd, req_size, sizeof(cmd->resp.cmd)) != 0)
+	ret = virtscsi_kick_cmd(req_vq, cmd, req_size, sizeof(cmd->resp.cmd));
+	if (ret == -EIO) {
+		cmd->resp.cmd.response = VIRTIO_SCSI_S_BAD_TARGET;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&req_vq->vq_lock, flags);
+		virtscsi_complete_cmd(vscsi, cmd);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&req_vq->vq_lock, flags);
+	} else if (ret != 0) {
 		return SCSI_MLQUEUE_HOST_BUSY;
+	}
 	return 0;
 }