diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
index 37375cf7d126..3b6e5c67e853 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
@@ -1448,6 +1448,11 @@ static int aac_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	pci_set_master(pdev);
 	if (aac_acquire_resources(aac))
 		goto fail_device;
+	/*
+	* reset this flag to unblock ioctl() as it was set at
+	* aac_send_shutdown() to block ioctls from upperlayer
+	*/
+	aac->adapter_shutdown = 0;
 	scsi_unblock_requests(shost);
 
 	return 0;