static void sd_config_write_same(struct scsi_disk *);
 static int  sd_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *);
 static void sd_unlock_native_capacity(struct gendisk *disk);
+static void sd_start_done_work(struct work_struct *work);
 static int  sd_probe(struct device *);
 static int  sd_remove(struct device *);
 static void sd_shutdown(struct device *);
        sdkp->max_retries = SD_MAX_RETRIES;
        atomic_set(&sdkp->openers, 0);
        atomic_set(&sdkp->device->ioerr_cnt, 0);
+       INIT_WORK(&sdkp->start_done_work, sd_start_done_work);
 
        if (!sdp->request_queue->rq_timeout) {
                if (sdp->type != TYPE_MOD)
        kfree(sdkp);
 }
 
+/* Process sense data after a START command finished. */
+static void sd_start_done_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+       struct scsi_disk *sdkp = container_of(work, typeof(*sdkp),
+                                             start_done_work);
+       struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
+       int res = sdkp->start_result;
+
+       if (res == 0)
+               return;
+
+       sd_print_result(sdkp, "Start/Stop Unit failed", res);
+
+       if (res < 0)
+               return;
+
+       if (scsi_normalize_sense(sdkp->start_sense_buffer,
+                                sdkp->start_sense_len, &sshdr))
+               sd_print_sense_hdr(sdkp, &sshdr);
+}
+
+/* A START command finished. May be called from interrupt context. */
+static void sd_start_done(struct request *req, blk_status_t status)
+{
+       const struct scsi_cmnd *scmd = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(req);
+       struct scsi_disk *sdkp = scsi_disk(req->q->disk);
+
+       sdkp->start_result = scmd->result;
+       WARN_ON_ONCE(scmd->sense_len > SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
+       sdkp->start_sense_len = scmd->sense_len;
+       memcpy(sdkp->start_sense_buffer, scmd->sense_buffer,
+              ARRAY_SIZE(sdkp->start_sense_buffer));
+       WARN_ON_ONCE(!schedule_work(&sdkp->start_done_work));
+}
+
+/* Submit a START command asynchronously. */
+static int sd_submit_start(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, u8 cmd[], u8 cmd_len)
+{
+       struct scsi_device *sdev = sdkp->device;
+       struct request_queue *q = sdev->request_queue;
+       struct request *req;
+       struct scsi_cmnd *scmd;
+
+       req = scsi_alloc_request(q, REQ_OP_DRV_IN, BLK_MQ_REQ_PM);
+       if (IS_ERR(req))
+               return PTR_ERR(req);
+
+       scmd = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(req);
+       scmd->cmd_len = cmd_len;
+       memcpy(scmd->cmnd, cmd, cmd_len);
+       scmd->allowed = sdkp->max_retries;
+       req->timeout = SD_TIMEOUT;
+       req->rq_flags |= RQF_PM | RQF_QUIET;
+       req->end_io = sd_start_done;
+       blk_execute_rq_nowait(req, /*at_head=*/true);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static int sd_start_stop_device(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, int start)
 {
        unsigned char cmd[6] = { START_STOP };  /* START_VALID */
-       struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
        struct scsi_device *sdp = sdkp->device;
-       int res;
 
        if (start)
                cmd[4] |= 1;    /* START */
        if (!scsi_device_online(sdp))
                return -ENODEV;
 
-       res = scsi_execute(sdp, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, NULL, &sshdr,
-                       SD_TIMEOUT, sdkp->max_retries, 0, RQF_PM, NULL);
-       if (res) {
-               sd_print_result(sdkp, "Start/Stop Unit failed", res);
-               if (res > 0 && scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr)) {
-                       sd_print_sense_hdr(sdkp, &sshdr);
-                       /* 0x3a is medium not present */
-                       if (sshdr.asc == 0x3a)
-                               res = 0;
-               }
-       }
+       /* Wait until processing of sense data has finished. */
+       flush_work(&sdkp->start_done_work);
 
-       /* SCSI error codes must not go to the generic layer */
-       if (res)
-               return -EIO;
-
-       return 0;
+       return sd_submit_start(sdkp, cmd, sizeof(cmd));
 }
 
 /*
                sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "Stopping disk\n");
                sd_start_stop_device(sdkp, 0);
        }
+
+       flush_work(&sdkp->start_done_work);
 }
 
 static int sd_suspend_common(struct device *dev, bool ignore_stop_errors)