goto out;
        }
 
+       if (unlikely(!atomic_test_mask(ZFCP_STATUS_COMMON_UNBLOCKED,
+                       &unit->status)))
+               goto unit_blocked;
+
        /*
         * Used to decide on proper handler in the return path,
         * could be either zfcp_fsf_send_fcp_command_task_handler or
 
        zfcp_fsf_start_timer(fsf_req, ZFCP_SCSI_ER_TIMEOUT);
        retval = zfcp_fsf_req_send(fsf_req);
-       if (retval) {
-               ZFCP_LOG_INFO("error: Could not send an FCP-command (task "
-                             "management) on adapter %s, port 0x%016Lx for "
-                             "unit LUN 0x%016Lx\n",
-                             zfcp_get_busid_by_adapter(adapter),
-                             unit->port->wwpn,
-                             unit->fcp_lun);
-               zfcp_fsf_req_free(fsf_req);
-               fsf_req = NULL;
+       if (!retval)
                goto out;
-       }
 
-       ZFCP_LOG_TRACE("Send FCP Command (task management function) initiated "
-                      "(adapter %s, port 0x%016Lx, unit 0x%016Lx, "
-                      "tm_flags=0x%x)\n",
-                      zfcp_get_busid_by_adapter(adapter),
-                      unit->port->wwpn,
-                      unit->fcp_lun,
-                      tm_flags);
+ unit_blocked:
+       zfcp_fsf_req_free(fsf_req);
+       fsf_req = NULL;
+
  out:
        write_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->request_queue.queue_lock, lock_flags);
        return fsf_req;