diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
index 73261902d75d..161bf4760eac 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
@@ -2382,6 +2382,8 @@ mpi_sata_completion(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha, void *piomb)
 			pm8001_printk("task 0x%p done with io_status 0x%x"
 			" resp 0x%x stat 0x%x but aborted by upper layer!\n",
 			t, status, ts->resp, ts->stat));
+		if (t->slow_task)
+			complete(&t->slow_task->completion);
 		pm8001_ccb_task_free(pm8001_ha, t, ccb, tag);
 	} else {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&t->task_state_lock, flags);