diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
index dc4141ec8d..2d674f94d7 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ SCSIRequest *scsi_req_alloc(const SCSIReqOps *reqops, SCSIDevice *d,
     req->lun = lun;
     req->hba_private = hba_private;
     req->status = -1;
+    req->host_status = -1;
     req->ops = reqops;
     object_ref(OBJECT(d));
     object_ref(OBJECT(qbus->parent));
@@ -1455,10 +1456,38 @@ void scsi_req_print(SCSIRequest *req)
     }
 }
 
+void scsi_req_complete_failed(SCSIRequest *req, int host_status)
+{
+    SCSISense sense;
+    int status;
+
+    assert(req->status == -1 && req->host_status == -1);
+    assert(req->ops != &reqops_unit_attention);
+
+    if (!req->bus->info->fail) {
+        status = scsi_sense_from_host_status(req->host_status, &sense);
+        if (status == CHECK_CONDITION) {
+            scsi_req_build_sense(req, sense);
+        }
+        scsi_req_complete(req, status);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    req->host_status = host_status;
+    scsi_req_ref(req);
+    scsi_req_dequeue(req);
+    req->bus->info->fail(req);
+
+    /* Cancelled requests might end up being completed instead of cancelled */
+    notifier_list_notify(&req->cancel_notifiers, req);
+    scsi_req_unref(req);
+}
+
 void scsi_req_complete(SCSIRequest *req, int status)
 {
-    assert(req->status == -1);
+    assert(req->status == -1 && req->host_status == -1);
     req->status = status;
+    req->host_status = SCSI_HOST_OK;
 
     assert(req->sense_len <= sizeof(req->sense));
     if (status == GOOD) {
@@ -1646,7 +1675,7 @@ static int put_scsi_requests(QEMUFile *f, void *pv, size_t size,
 
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(req, &s->requests, next) {
         assert(!req->io_canceled);
-        assert(req->status == -1);
+        assert(req->status == -1 && req->host_status == -1);
         assert(req->enqueued);
 
         qemu_put_sbyte(f, req->retry ? 1 : 2);
diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
index ceaf78b423..bd7103cd0e 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
@@ -2704,15 +2704,15 @@ static void scsi_block_sgio_complete(void *opaque, int ret)
     SCSIDiskReq *r = &req->req;
     SCSIDevice *s = r->req.dev;
     sg_io_hdr_t *io_hdr = &req->io_header;
-    SCSISense sense;
 
     if (ret == 0) {
         if (io_hdr->host_status != SCSI_HOST_OK) {
-            ret = scsi_sense_from_host_status(io_hdr->host_status, &sense);
-            if (ret == CHECK_CONDITION) {
-                scsi_req_build_sense(&r->req, sense);
-            }
-        } else if (io_hdr->driver_status & SG_ERR_DRIVER_TIMEOUT) {
+            scsi_req_complete_failed(&r->req, io_hdr->host_status);
+            scsi_req_unref(&r->req);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (io_hdr->driver_status & SG_ERR_DRIVER_TIMEOUT) {
             ret = BUSY;
         } else {
             ret = io_hdr->status;
diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
index 02b87819e5..98c30c5d5c 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
@@ -89,10 +89,8 @@ static void scsi_command_complete_noio(SCSIGenericReq *r, int ret)
             scsi_req_build_sense(&r->req, sense);
         }
     } else if (io_hdr->host_status != SCSI_HOST_OK) {
-        status = scsi_sense_from_host_status(io_hdr->host_status, &sense);
-        if (status == CHECK_CONDITION) {
-            scsi_req_build_sense(&r->req, sense);
-        }
+        scsi_req_complete_failed(&r->req, io_hdr->host_status);
+        goto done;
     } else if (io_hdr->driver_status & SG_ERR_DRIVER_TIMEOUT) {
         status = BUSY;
     } else {
diff --git a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
index 358c0e70b0..6d80730287 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
@@ -500,6 +500,51 @@ static void virtio_scsi_complete_cmd_req(VirtIOSCSIReq *req)
     virtio_scsi_complete_req(req);
 }
 
+static void virtio_scsi_command_failed(SCSIRequest *r)
+{
+    VirtIOSCSIReq *req = r->hba_private;
+
+    if (r->io_canceled) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    req->resp.cmd.status = GOOD;
+    switch (r->host_status) {
+    case SCSI_HOST_NO_LUN:
+        req->resp.cmd.response = VIRTIO_SCSI_S_INCORRECT_LUN;
+        break;
+    case SCSI_HOST_BUSY:
+        req->resp.cmd.response = VIRTIO_SCSI_S_BUSY;
+        break;
+    case SCSI_HOST_TIME_OUT:
+    case SCSI_HOST_ABORTED:
+        req->resp.cmd.response = VIRTIO_SCSI_S_ABORTED;
+        break;
+    case SCSI_HOST_BAD_RESPONSE:
+        req->resp.cmd.response = VIRTIO_SCSI_S_BAD_TARGET;
+        break;
+    case SCSI_HOST_RESET:
+        req->resp.cmd.response = VIRTIO_SCSI_S_RESET;
+        break;
+    case SCSI_HOST_TRANSPORT_DISRUPTED:
+        req->resp.cmd.response = VIRTIO_SCSI_S_TRANSPORT_FAILURE;
+        break;
+    case SCSI_HOST_TARGET_FAILURE:
+        req->resp.cmd.response = VIRTIO_SCSI_S_TARGET_FAILURE;
+        break;
+    case SCSI_HOST_RESERVATION_ERROR:
+        req->resp.cmd.response = VIRTIO_SCSI_S_NEXUS_FAILURE;
+        break;
+    case SCSI_HOST_ALLOCATION_FAILURE:
+    case SCSI_HOST_MEDIUM_ERROR:
+    case SCSI_HOST_ERROR:
+    default:
+        req->resp.cmd.response = VIRTIO_SCSI_S_FAILURE;
+        break;
+    }
+    virtio_scsi_complete_cmd_req(req);
+}
+
 static void virtio_scsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *r, size_t resid)
 {
     VirtIOSCSIReq *req = r->hba_private;
@@ -908,6 +953,7 @@ static struct SCSIBusInfo virtio_scsi_scsi_info = {
     .max_lun = VIRTIO_SCSI_MAX_LUN,
 
     .complete = virtio_scsi_command_complete,
+    .fail = virtio_scsi_command_failed,
     .cancel = virtio_scsi_request_cancelled,
     .change = virtio_scsi_change,
     .parse_cdb = virtio_scsi_parse_cdb,
diff --git a/hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c b/hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
index 0da378ed50..1f30cb020a 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
@@ -510,6 +510,44 @@ pvscsi_write_sense(PVSCSIRequest *r, uint8_t *sense, int len)
     cpu_physical_memory_write(r->req.senseAddr, sense, r->cmp.senseLen);
 }
 
+static void
+pvscsi_command_failed(SCSIRequest *req)
+{
+    PVSCSIRequest *pvscsi_req = req->hba_private;
+    PVSCSIState *s;
+
+    if (!pvscsi_req) {
+        trace_pvscsi_command_complete_not_found(req->tag);
+        return;
+    }
+    s = pvscsi_req->dev;
+
+    switch (req->host_status) {
+    case SCSI_HOST_NO_LUN:
+        pvscsi_req->cmp.hostStatus = BTSTAT_LUNMISMATCH;
+        break;
+    case SCSI_HOST_BUSY:
+        pvscsi_req->cmp.hostStatus = BTSTAT_ABORTQUEUE;
+        break;
+    case SCSI_HOST_TIME_OUT:
+    case SCSI_HOST_ABORTED:
+        pvscsi_req->cmp.hostStatus = BTSTAT_SENTRST;
+        break;
+    case SCSI_HOST_BAD_RESPONSE:
+        pvscsi_req->cmp.hostStatus = BTSTAT_SELTIMEO;
+        break;
+    case SCSI_HOST_RESET:
+        pvscsi_req->cmp.hostStatus = BTSTAT_BUSRESET;
+        break;
+    default:
+        pvscsi_req->cmp.hostStatus = BTSTAT_HASOFTWARE;
+        break;
+    }
+    pvscsi_req->cmp.scsiStatus = GOOD;
+    qemu_sglist_destroy(&pvscsi_req->sgl);
+    pvscsi_complete_request(s, pvscsi_req);
+}
+
 static void
 pvscsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *req, size_t resid)
 {
@@ -1103,6 +1141,7 @@ static const struct SCSIBusInfo pvscsi_scsi_info = {
         .get_sg_list = pvscsi_get_sg_list,
         .complete = pvscsi_command_complete,
         .cancel = pvscsi_request_cancelled,
+        .fail = pvscsi_command_failed,
 };
 
 static void
diff --git a/include/hw/scsi/scsi.h b/include/hw/scsi/scsi.h
index 5d992e6e1d..0b726bc78c 100644
--- a/include/hw/scsi/scsi.h
+++ b/include/hw/scsi/scsi.h
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ struct SCSIRequest {
     uint32_t          refcount;
     uint32_t          tag;
     uint32_t          lun;
-    uint32_t          status;
+    int16_t           status;
+    int16_t           host_status;
     void              *hba_private;
     size_t            resid;
     SCSICommand       cmd;
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ struct SCSIBusInfo {
     int (*parse_cdb)(SCSIDevice *dev, SCSICommand *cmd, uint8_t *buf,
                      void *hba_private);
     void (*transfer_data)(SCSIRequest *req, uint32_t arg);
+    void (*fail)(SCSIRequest *req);
     void (*complete)(SCSIRequest *req, size_t resid);
     void (*cancel)(SCSIRequest *req);
     void (*change)(SCSIBus *bus, SCSIDevice *dev, SCSISense sense);
@@ -177,6 +179,7 @@ void scsi_req_print(SCSIRequest *req);
 void scsi_req_continue(SCSIRequest *req);
 void scsi_req_data(SCSIRequest *req, int len);
 void scsi_req_complete(SCSIRequest *req, int status);
+void scsi_req_complete_failed(SCSIRequest *req, int host_status);
 uint8_t *scsi_req_get_buf(SCSIRequest *req);
 int scsi_req_get_sense(SCSIRequest *req, uint8_t *buf, int len);
 void scsi_req_cancel_complete(SCSIRequest *req);