diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
index bbb7b2d9ffcf..1abc62b07d24 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
@@ -1962,9 +1962,17 @@ static bool hisi_sas_internal_abort_timeout(struct sas_task *task,
 	struct hisi_sas_internal_abort_data *timeout = data;
 
 	if (hisi_sas_debugfs_enable && hisi_hba->debugfs_itct[0].itct) {
-		down(&hisi_hba->sem);
+		/*
+		 * If timeout occurs in device gone scenario, to avoid
+		 * circular dependency like:
+		 * hisi_sas_dev_gone() -> down() -> ... ->
+		 * hisi_sas_internal_abort_timeout() -> down().
+		 */
+		if (!timeout->rst_ha_timeout)
+			down(&hisi_hba->sem);
 		hisi_hba->hw->debugfs_snapshot_regs(hisi_hba);
-		up(&hisi_hba->sem);
+		if (!timeout->rst_ha_timeout)
+			up(&hisi_hba->sem);
 	}
 
 	if (task->task_state_flags & SAS_TASK_STATE_DONE) {