diff --git a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c
index 7a351cf..8318852 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c
@@ -59,10 +59,15 @@
 #define ALUA_RTPG_SIZE			128
 #define ALUA_FAILOVER_TIMEOUT		60
 #define ALUA_FAILOVER_RETRIES		5
+#define ALUA_RTPG_DELAY_MSECS		5
 
 /* device handler flags */
-#define ALUA_OPTIMIZE_STPG		1
-#define ALUA_RTPG_EXT_HDR_UNSUPP	2
+#define ALUA_OPTIMIZE_STPG		0x01
+#define ALUA_RTPG_EXT_HDR_UNSUPP	0x02
+/* State machine flags */
+#define ALUA_PG_RUN_RTPG		0x10
+#define ALUA_PG_RUN_STPG		0x20
+#define ALUA_PG_RUNNING			0x40
 
 static uint optimize_stpg;
 module_param(optimize_stpg, uint, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
@@ -70,9 +75,11 @@
 
 static LIST_HEAD(port_group_list);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(port_group_lock);
+static struct workqueue_struct *kaluad_wq;
 
 struct alua_port_group {
 	struct kref		kref;
+	struct rcu_head		rcu;
 	struct list_head	node;
 	unsigned char		device_id_str[256];
 	int			device_id_len;
@@ -82,12 +89,25 @@
 	int			pref;
 	unsigned		flags; /* used for optimizing STPG */
 	unsigned char		transition_tmo;
+	unsigned long		expiry;
+	unsigned long		interval;
+	struct delayed_work	rtpg_work;
+	spinlock_t		lock;
+	struct list_head	rtpg_list;
+	struct scsi_device	*rtpg_sdev;
 };
 
 struct alua_dh_data {
 	struct alua_port_group	*pg;
 	int			group_id;
+	spinlock_t		pg_lock;
 	struct scsi_device	*sdev;
+	int			init_error;
+	struct mutex		init_mutex;
+};
+
+struct alua_queue_data {
+	struct list_head	entry;
 	activate_complete	callback_fn;
 	void			*callback_data;
 };
@@ -95,18 +115,22 @@
 #define ALUA_POLICY_SWITCH_CURRENT	0
 #define ALUA_POLICY_SWITCH_ALL		1
 
-static int alua_rtpg(struct scsi_device *, struct alua_port_group *);
-static char print_alua_state(int);
+static void alua_rtpg_work(struct work_struct *work);
+static void alua_rtpg_queue(struct alua_port_group *pg,
+			    struct scsi_device *sdev,
+			    struct alua_queue_data *qdata);
 
 static void release_port_group(struct kref *kref)
 {
 	struct alua_port_group *pg;
 
 	pg = container_of(kref, struct alua_port_group, kref);
+	if (pg->rtpg_sdev)
+		flush_delayed_work(&pg->rtpg_work);
 	spin_lock(&port_group_lock);
 	list_del(&pg->node);
 	spin_unlock(&port_group_lock);
-	kfree(pg);
+	kfree_rcu(pg, rcu);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -225,6 +249,10 @@
 	if (optimize_stpg)
 		pg->flags |= ALUA_OPTIMIZE_STPG;
 	kref_init(&pg->kref);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&pg->rtpg_work, alua_rtpg_work);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pg->rtpg_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pg->node);
+	spin_lock_init(&pg->lock);
 
 	spin_lock(&port_group_lock);
 	tmp_pg = alua_find_get_pg(pg->device_id_str, pg->device_id_len,
@@ -304,6 +332,7 @@
 			  int tpgs)
 {
 	int rel_port = -1, group_id;
+	struct alua_port_group *pg, *old_pg = NULL;
 
 	group_id = scsi_vpd_tpg_id(sdev, &rel_port);
 	if (group_id < 0) {
@@ -318,18 +347,30 @@
 		return SCSI_DH_DEV_UNSUPP;
 	}
 
-	h->pg = alua_alloc_pg(sdev, group_id, tpgs);
-	if (IS_ERR(h->pg)) {
-		if (PTR_ERR(h->pg) == -ENOMEM)
+	pg = alua_alloc_pg(sdev, group_id, tpgs);
+	if (IS_ERR(pg)) {
+		if (PTR_ERR(pg) == -ENOMEM)
 			return SCSI_DH_NOMEM;
 		return SCSI_DH_DEV_UNSUPP;
 	}
 	sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev,
 		    "%s: device %s port group %x rel port %x\n",
-		    ALUA_DH_NAME, h->pg->device_id_str,
-		    h->group_id, rel_port);
+		    ALUA_DH_NAME, pg->device_id_str, group_id, rel_port);
 
-	return alua_rtpg(sdev, h->pg);
+	/* Check for existing port group references */
+	spin_lock(&h->pg_lock);
+	old_pg = h->pg;
+	if (old_pg != pg) {
+		/* port group has changed. Update to new port group */
+		rcu_assign_pointer(h->pg, pg);
+	}
+	alua_rtpg_queue(h->pg, sdev, NULL);
+	spin_unlock(&h->pg_lock);
+
+	if (old_pg)
+		kref_put(&old_pg->kref, release_port_group);
+
+	return SCSI_DH_OK;
 }
 
 static char print_alua_state(int state)
@@ -423,14 +464,17 @@
 	int len, k, off, valid_states = 0, bufflen = ALUA_RTPG_SIZE;
 	unsigned char *ucp, *buff;
 	unsigned err, retval;
-	unsigned long expiry, interval = 0;
 	unsigned int tpg_desc_tbl_off;
 	unsigned char orig_transition_tmo;
 
-	if (!pg->transition_tmo)
-		expiry = round_jiffies_up(jiffies + ALUA_FAILOVER_TIMEOUT * HZ);
-	else
-		expiry = round_jiffies_up(jiffies + pg->transition_tmo * HZ);
+	if (!pg->expiry) {
+		unsigned long transition_tmo = ALUA_FAILOVER_TIMEOUT * HZ;
+
+		if (pg->transition_tmo)
+			transition_tmo = pg->transition_tmo * HZ;
+
+		pg->expiry = round_jiffies_up(jiffies + transition_tmo);
+	}
 
 	buff = kzalloc(bufflen, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buff)
@@ -473,16 +517,18 @@
 			err = SCSI_DH_RETRY;
 		else if (sense_hdr.sense_key == UNIT_ATTENTION)
 			err = SCSI_DH_RETRY;
-		if (err == SCSI_DH_RETRY && time_before(jiffies, expiry)) {
+		if (err == SCSI_DH_RETRY &&
+		    pg->expiry != 0 && time_before(jiffies, pg->expiry)) {
 			sdev_printk(KERN_ERR, sdev, "%s: rtpg retry\n",
 				    ALUA_DH_NAME);
 			scsi_print_sense_hdr(sdev, ALUA_DH_NAME, &sense_hdr);
-			goto retry;
+			return err;
 		}
 		sdev_printk(KERN_ERR, sdev, "%s: rtpg failed\n",
 			    ALUA_DH_NAME);
 		scsi_print_sense_hdr(sdev, ALUA_DH_NAME, &sense_hdr);
 		kfree(buff);
+		pg->expiry = 0;
 		return SCSI_DH_IO;
 	}
 
@@ -497,6 +543,7 @@
 			sdev_printk(KERN_WARNING, sdev,
 				    "%s: kmalloc buffer failed\n",__func__);
 			/* Temporary failure, bypass */
+			pg->expiry = 0;
 			return SCSI_DH_DEV_TEMP_BUSY;
 		}
 		goto retry;
@@ -512,7 +559,7 @@
 		sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev,
 			    "%s: transition timeout set to %d seconds\n",
 			    ALUA_DH_NAME, pg->transition_tmo);
-		expiry = jiffies + pg->transition_tmo * HZ;
+		pg->expiry = jiffies + pg->transition_tmo * HZ;
 	}
 
 	if ((buff[4] & RTPG_FMT_MASK) == RTPG_FMT_EXT_HDR)
@@ -546,23 +593,26 @@
 
 	switch (pg->state) {
 	case TPGS_STATE_TRANSITIONING:
-		if (time_before(jiffies, expiry)) {
+		if (time_before(jiffies, pg->expiry)) {
 			/* State transition, retry */
-			interval += 2000;
-			msleep(interval);
-			goto retry;
+			pg->interval = 2;
+			err = SCSI_DH_RETRY;
+		} else {
+			/* Transitioning time exceeded, set port to standby */
+			err = SCSI_DH_IO;
+			pg->state = TPGS_STATE_STANDBY;
+			pg->expiry = 0;
 		}
-		/* Transitioning time exceeded, set port to standby */
-		err = SCSI_DH_RETRY;
-		pg->state = TPGS_STATE_STANDBY;
 		break;
 	case TPGS_STATE_OFFLINE:
 		/* Path unusable */
 		err = SCSI_DH_DEV_OFFLINED;
+		pg->expiry = 0;
 		break;
 	default:
 		/* Useable path if active */
 		err = SCSI_DH_OK;
+		pg->expiry = 0;
 		break;
 	}
 	kfree(buff);
@@ -627,6 +677,107 @@
 	return SCSI_DH_RETRY;
 }
 
+static void alua_rtpg_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct alua_port_group *pg =
+		container_of(work, struct alua_port_group, rtpg_work.work);
+	struct scsi_device *sdev;
+	LIST_HEAD(qdata_list);
+	int err = SCSI_DH_OK;
+	struct alua_queue_data *qdata, *tmp;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&pg->lock, flags);
+	sdev = pg->rtpg_sdev;
+	if (!sdev) {
+		WARN_ON(pg->flags & ALUA_PG_RUN_RTPG);
+		WARN_ON(pg->flags & ALUA_PG_RUN_STPG);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pg->lock, flags);
+		return;
+	}
+	pg->flags |= ALUA_PG_RUNNING;
+	if (pg->flags & ALUA_PG_RUN_RTPG) {
+		pg->flags &= ~ALUA_PG_RUN_RTPG;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pg->lock, flags);
+		err = alua_rtpg(sdev, pg);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&pg->lock, flags);
+		if (err == SCSI_DH_RETRY) {
+			pg->flags &= ~ALUA_PG_RUNNING;
+			pg->flags |= ALUA_PG_RUN_RTPG;
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pg->lock, flags);
+			queue_delayed_work(kaluad_wq, &pg->rtpg_work,
+					   pg->interval * HZ);
+			return;
+		}
+		if (err != SCSI_DH_OK)
+			pg->flags &= ~ALUA_PG_RUN_STPG;
+	}
+	if (pg->flags & ALUA_PG_RUN_STPG) {
+		pg->flags &= ~ALUA_PG_RUN_STPG;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pg->lock, flags);
+		err = alua_stpg(sdev, pg);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&pg->lock, flags);
+		if (err == SCSI_DH_RETRY) {
+			pg->flags |= ALUA_PG_RUN_RTPG;
+			pg->interval = 0;
+			pg->flags &= ~ALUA_PG_RUNNING;
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pg->lock, flags);
+			queue_delayed_work(kaluad_wq, &pg->rtpg_work,
+					   pg->interval * HZ);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	list_splice_init(&pg->rtpg_list, &qdata_list);
+	pg->rtpg_sdev = NULL;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pg->lock, flags);
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(qdata, tmp, &qdata_list, entry) {
+		list_del(&qdata->entry);
+		if (qdata->callback_fn)
+			qdata->callback_fn(qdata->callback_data, err);
+		kfree(qdata);
+	}
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&pg->lock, flags);
+	pg->flags &= ~ALUA_PG_RUNNING;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pg->lock, flags);
+	scsi_device_put(sdev);
+	kref_put(&pg->kref, release_port_group);
+}
+
+static void alua_rtpg_queue(struct alua_port_group *pg,
+			    struct scsi_device *sdev,
+			    struct alua_queue_data *qdata)
+{
+	int start_queue = 0;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	if (!pg)
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&pg->lock, flags);
+	if (qdata) {
+		list_add_tail(&qdata->entry, &pg->rtpg_list);
+		pg->flags |= ALUA_PG_RUN_STPG;
+	}
+	if (pg->rtpg_sdev == NULL) {
+		pg->interval = 0;
+		pg->flags |= ALUA_PG_RUN_RTPG;
+		kref_get(&pg->kref);
+		pg->rtpg_sdev = sdev;
+		scsi_device_get(sdev);
+		start_queue = 1;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pg->lock, flags);
+
+	if (start_queue &&
+	    !queue_delayed_work(kaluad_wq, &pg->rtpg_work,
+				msecs_to_jiffies(ALUA_RTPG_DELAY_MSECS))) {
+		scsi_device_put(sdev);
+		kref_put(&pg->kref, release_port_group);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * alua_initialize - Initialize ALUA state
  * @sdev: the device to be initialized
@@ -638,10 +789,12 @@
 {
 	int err = SCSI_DH_DEV_UNSUPP, tpgs;
 
+	mutex_lock(&h->init_mutex);
 	tpgs = alua_check_tpgs(sdev);
 	if (tpgs != TPGS_MODE_NONE)
 		err = alua_check_vpd(sdev, h, tpgs);
-
+	h->init_error = err;
+	mutex_unlock(&h->init_mutex);
 	return err;
 }
 /*
@@ -656,10 +809,11 @@
 static int alua_set_params(struct scsi_device *sdev, const char *params)
 {
 	struct alua_dh_data *h = sdev->handler_data;
-	struct alua_port_group *pg = NULL;
+	struct alua_port_group __rcu *pg = NULL;
 	unsigned int optimize = 0, argc;
 	const char *p = params;
 	int result = SCSI_DH_OK;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if ((sscanf(params, "%u", &argc) != 1) || (argc != 1))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -669,14 +823,19 @@
 	if ((sscanf(p, "%u", &optimize) != 1) || (optimize > 1))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	pg = h->pg;
-	if (!pg)
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	pg = rcu_dereference(h->pg);
+	if (!pg) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return -ENXIO;
-
+	}
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&pg->lock, flags);
 	if (optimize)
 		pg->flags |= ALUA_OPTIMIZE_STPG;
 	else
 		pg->flags &= ~ALUA_OPTIMIZE_STPG;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pg->lock, flags);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return result;
 }
@@ -696,21 +855,33 @@
 {
 	struct alua_dh_data *h = sdev->handler_data;
 	int err = SCSI_DH_OK;
+	struct alua_queue_data *qdata;
+	struct alua_port_group __rcu *pg;
 
-	if (!h->pg)
-		goto out;
-
-	kref_get(&h->pg->kref);
-
-	err = alua_rtpg(sdev, h->pg);
-	if (err != SCSI_DH_OK) {
-		kref_put(&h->pg->kref, release_port_group);
+	qdata = kzalloc(sizeof(*qdata), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!qdata) {
+		err = SCSI_DH_RES_TEMP_UNAVAIL;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	err = alua_stpg(sdev, h->pg);
-	if (err == SCSI_DH_RETRY)
-		err = alua_rtpg(sdev, h->pg);
-	kref_put(&h->pg->kref, release_port_group);
+	qdata->callback_fn = fn;
+	qdata->callback_data = data;
+
+	mutex_lock(&h->init_mutex);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	pg = rcu_dereference(h->pg);
+	if (!pg || !kref_get_unless_zero(&pg->kref)) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		kfree(qdata);
+		err = h->init_error;
+		mutex_unlock(&h->init_mutex);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	fn = NULL;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	mutex_unlock(&h->init_mutex);
+
+	alua_rtpg_queue(pg, sdev, qdata);
+	kref_put(&pg->kref, release_port_group);
 out:
 	if (fn)
 		fn(data, err);
@@ -726,14 +897,15 @@
 static int alua_prep_fn(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct request *req)
 {
 	struct alua_dh_data *h = sdev->handler_data;
-	int state;
+	struct alua_port_group __rcu *pg;
+	int state = TPGS_STATE_OPTIMIZED;
 	int ret = BLKPREP_OK;
 
-	if (!h->pg)
-		return ret;
-	kref_get(&h->pg->kref);
-	state = h->pg->state;
-	kref_put(&h->pg->kref, release_port_group);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	pg = rcu_dereference(h->pg);
+	if (pg)
+		state = pg->state;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	if (state == TPGS_STATE_TRANSITIONING)
 		ret = BLKPREP_DEFER;
 	else if (state != TPGS_STATE_OPTIMIZED &&
@@ -758,9 +930,12 @@
 	h = kzalloc(sizeof(*h) , GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!h)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	h->pg = NULL;
+	spin_lock_init(&h->pg_lock);
+	rcu_assign_pointer(h->pg, NULL);
+	h->init_error = SCSI_DH_OK;
 	h->sdev = sdev;
 
+	mutex_init(&h->init_mutex);
 	err = alua_initialize(sdev, h);
 	if (err == SCSI_DH_NOMEM)
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -781,11 +956,16 @@
 static void alua_bus_detach(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 {
 	struct alua_dh_data *h = sdev->handler_data;
+	struct alua_port_group *pg;
 
-	if (h->pg) {
-		kref_put(&h->pg->kref, release_port_group);
-		h->pg = NULL;
-	}
+	spin_lock(&h->pg_lock);
+	pg = h->pg;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(h->pg, NULL);
+	h->sdev = NULL;
+	spin_unlock(&h->pg_lock);
+	if (pg)
+		kref_put(&pg->kref, release_port_group);
+
 	sdev->handler_data = NULL;
 	kfree(h);
 }
@@ -805,16 +985,24 @@
 {
 	int r;
 
+	kaluad_wq = alloc_workqueue("kaluad", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+	if (!kaluad_wq) {
+		/* Temporary failure, bypass */
+		return SCSI_DH_DEV_TEMP_BUSY;
+	}
 	r = scsi_register_device_handler(&alua_dh);
-	if (r != 0)
+	if (r != 0) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Failed to register scsi device handler",
 			ALUA_DH_NAME);
+		destroy_workqueue(kaluad_wq);
+	}
 	return r;
 }
 
 static void __exit alua_exit(void)
 {
 	scsi_unregister_device_handler(&alua_dh);
+	destroy_workqueue(kaluad_wq);
 }
 
 module_init(alua_init);