diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 78edb1ea4748d..f5c876d03c1ad 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ scsi_set_blocked(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, int reason)
 	}
 }
 
-static void scsi_mq_requeue_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
+static void scsi_mq_requeue_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned long msecs)
 {
 	struct request *rq = scsi_cmd_to_rq(cmd);
 
@@ -128,7 +128,12 @@ static void scsi_mq_requeue_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	} else {
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(true);
 	}
-	blk_mq_requeue_request(rq, true);
+
+	if (msecs) {
+		blk_mq_requeue_request(rq, false);
+		blk_mq_delay_kick_requeue_list(rq->q, msecs);
+	} else
+		blk_mq_requeue_request(rq, true);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -658,14 +663,6 @@ static unsigned int scsi_rq_err_bytes(const struct request *rq)
 	return bytes;
 }
 
-/* Helper for scsi_io_completion() when "reprep" action required. */
-static void scsi_io_completion_reprep(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd,
-				      struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	/* A new command will be prepared and issued. */
-	scsi_mq_requeue_cmd(cmd);
-}
-
 static bool scsi_cmd_runtime_exceeced(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 {
 	struct request *req = scsi_cmd_to_rq(cmd);
@@ -683,14 +680,21 @@ static bool scsi_cmd_runtime_exceeced(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	return false;
 }
 
+/*
+ * When ALUA transition state is returned, reprep the cmd to
+ * use the ALUA handler's transition timeout. Delay the reprep
+ * 1 sec to avoid aggressive retries of the target in that
+ * state.
+ */
+#define ALUA_TRANSITION_REPREP_DELAY	1000
+
 /* Helper for scsi_io_completion() when special action required. */
 static void scsi_io_completion_action(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, int result)
 {
-	struct request_queue *q = cmd->device->request_queue;
 	struct request *req = scsi_cmd_to_rq(cmd);
 	int level = 0;
-	enum {ACTION_FAIL, ACTION_REPREP, ACTION_RETRY,
-	      ACTION_DELAYED_RETRY} action;
+	enum {ACTION_FAIL, ACTION_REPREP, ACTION_DELAYED_REPREP,
+	      ACTION_RETRY, ACTION_DELAYED_RETRY} action;
 	struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
 	bool sense_valid;
 	bool sense_current = true;      /* false implies "deferred sense" */
@@ -779,8 +783,8 @@ static void scsi_io_completion_action(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, int result)
 					action = ACTION_DELAYED_RETRY;
 					break;
 				case 0x0a: /* ALUA state transition */
-					blk_stat = BLK_STS_TRANSPORT;
-					fallthrough;
+					action = ACTION_DELAYED_REPREP;
+					break;
 				default:
 					action = ACTION_FAIL;
 					break;
@@ -839,7 +843,10 @@ static void scsi_io_completion_action(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, int result)
 			return;
 		fallthrough;
 	case ACTION_REPREP:
-		scsi_io_completion_reprep(cmd, q);
+		scsi_mq_requeue_cmd(cmd, 0);
+		break;
+	case ACTION_DELAYED_REPREP:
+		scsi_mq_requeue_cmd(cmd, ALUA_TRANSITION_REPREP_DELAY);
 		break;
 	case ACTION_RETRY:
 		/* Retry the same command immediately */
@@ -933,7 +940,7 @@ static int scsi_io_completion_nz_result(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, int result,
  * command block will be released and the queue function will be goosed. If we
  * are not done then we have to figure out what to do next:
  *
- *   a) We can call scsi_io_completion_reprep().  The request will be
+ *   a) We can call scsi_mq_requeue_cmd().  The request will be
  *	unprepared and put back on the queue.  Then a new command will
  *	be created for it.  This should be used if we made forward
  *	progress, or if we want to switch from READ(10) to READ(6) for
@@ -949,7 +956,6 @@ static int scsi_io_completion_nz_result(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, int result,
 void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned int good_bytes)
 {
 	int result = cmd->result;
-	struct request_queue *q = cmd->device->request_queue;
 	struct request *req = scsi_cmd_to_rq(cmd);
 	blk_status_t blk_stat = BLK_STS_OK;
 
@@ -986,7 +992,7 @@ void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned int good_bytes)
 	 * request just queue the command up again.
 	 */
 	if (likely(result == 0))
-		scsi_io_completion_reprep(cmd, q);
+		scsi_mq_requeue_cmd(cmd, 0);
 	else
 		scsi_io_completion_action(cmd, result);
 }