diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
index d89ce7fb6b36..977bd4b9dd0b 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
@@ -9058,8 +9058,16 @@ static int __ufshcd_wl_suspend(struct ufs_hba *hba, enum ufs_pm_op pm_op)
 			 * that performance might be impacted.
 			 */
 			ret = ufshcd_urgent_bkops(hba);
-			if (ret)
+			if (ret) {
+				/*
+				 * If return err in suspend flow, IO will hang.
+				 * Trigger error handler and break suspend for
+				 * error recovery.
+				 */
+				ufshcd_force_error_recovery(hba);
+				ret = -EBUSY;
 				goto enable_scaling;
+			}
 		} else {
 			/* make sure that auto bkops is disabled */
 			ufshcd_disable_auto_bkops(hba);