diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
index 180593ac4062..b5966faf3e98 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
@@ -3891,15 +3891,24 @@ static int __ufshcd_uic_hibern8_enter(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 			     ktime_to_us(ktime_sub(ktime_get(), start)), ret);
 
 	if (ret) {
+		int err;
+
 		dev_err(hba->dev, "%s: hibern8 enter failed. ret = %d\n",
 			__func__, ret);
 
 		/*
-		 * If link recovery fails then return error so that caller
-		 * don't retry the hibern8 enter again.
+		 * If link recovery fails then return error code returned from
+		 * ufshcd_link_recovery().
+		 * If link recovery succeeds then return -EAGAIN to attempt
+		 * hibern8 enter retry again.
 		 */
-		if (ufshcd_link_recovery(hba))
-			ret = -ENOLINK;
+		err = ufshcd_link_recovery(hba);
+		if (err) {
+			dev_err(hba->dev, "%s: link recovery failed", __func__);
+			ret = err;
+		} else {
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
+		}
 	} else
 		ufshcd_vops_hibern8_notify(hba, UIC_CMD_DME_HIBER_ENTER,
 								POST_CHANGE);
@@ -3913,7 +3922,7 @@ static int ufshcd_uic_hibern8_enter(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 
 	for (retries = UIC_HIBERN8_ENTER_RETRIES; retries > 0; retries--) {
 		ret = __ufshcd_uic_hibern8_enter(hba);
-		if (!ret || ret == -ENOLINK)
+		if (!ret)
 			goto out;
 	}
 out: