diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/libsas.rst b/Documentation/scsi/libsas.rst
index a183b1d84713..0cb0f9ce5e23 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/libsas.rst
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/libsas.rst
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ The event interface::
 	/* LLDD calls these to notify the class of an event. */
 	void sas_notify_port_event(struct sas_phy *, enum port_event);
 	void sas_notify_phy_event(struct sas_phy *, enum phy_event);
+	void sas_notify_port_event_gfp(struct sas_phy *, enum port_event, gfp_t);
+	void sas_notify_phy_event_gfp(struct sas_phy *, enum phy_event, gfp_t);
 
 When sas_register_ha() returns, those are set and can be
 called by the LLDD to notify the SAS layer of such events
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_event.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_event.c
index 112a1b76f63b..31fc32b9bb4e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_event.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_event.c
@@ -131,18 +131,14 @@ static void sas_phy_event_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	sas_free_event(ev);
 }
 
-int sas_notify_port_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum port_event event)
+static int __sas_notify_port_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum port_event event,
+				   struct asd_sas_event *ev)
 {
-	struct asd_sas_event *ev;
 	struct sas_ha_struct *ha = phy->ha;
 	int ret;
 
 	BUG_ON(event >= PORT_NUM_EVENTS);
 
-	ev = sas_alloc_event(phy);
-	if (!ev)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	INIT_SAS_EVENT(ev, sas_port_event_worker, phy, event);
 
 	ret = sas_queue_event(event, &ev->work, ha);
@@ -151,20 +147,41 @@ int sas_notify_port_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum port_event event)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+int sas_notify_port_event_gfp(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum port_event event,
+			      gfp_t gfp_flags)
+{
+	struct asd_sas_event *ev;
+
+	ev = sas_alloc_event_gfp(phy, gfp_flags);
+	if (!ev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return __sas_notify_port_event(phy, event, ev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sas_notify_port_event_gfp);
+
+int sas_notify_port_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum port_event event)
+{
+	struct asd_sas_event *ev;
+
+	ev = sas_alloc_event(phy);
+	if (!ev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return __sas_notify_port_event(phy, event, ev);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sas_notify_port_event);
 
-int sas_notify_phy_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum phy_event event)
+static inline int __sas_notify_phy_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy,
+					 enum phy_event event,
+					 struct asd_sas_event *ev)
 {
-	struct asd_sas_event *ev;
 	struct sas_ha_struct *ha = phy->ha;
 	int ret;
 
 	BUG_ON(event >= PHY_NUM_EVENTS);
 
-	ev = sas_alloc_event(phy);
-	if (!ev)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	INIT_SAS_EVENT(ev, sas_phy_event_worker, phy, event);
 
 	ret = sas_queue_event(event, &ev->work, ha);
@@ -173,5 +190,28 @@ int sas_notify_phy_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum phy_event event)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+int sas_notify_phy_event_gfp(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum phy_event event,
+			     gfp_t gfp_flags)
+{
+	struct asd_sas_event *ev;
+
+	ev = sas_alloc_event_gfp(phy, gfp_flags);
+	if (!ev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return __sas_notify_phy_event(phy, event, ev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sas_notify_phy_event_gfp);
+
+int sas_notify_phy_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum phy_event event)
+{
+	struct asd_sas_event *ev;
+
+	ev = sas_alloc_event(phy);
+	if (!ev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return __sas_notify_phy_event(phy, event, ev);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sas_notify_phy_event);
-
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c
index 6dc2505d36af..1c78347fbcc6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c
@@ -584,16 +584,15 @@ sas_domain_attach_transport(struct sas_domain_function_template *dft)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sas_domain_attach_transport);
 
-
-struct asd_sas_event *sas_alloc_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy)
+static struct asd_sas_event * __sas_alloc_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy,
+						gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
 	struct asd_sas_event *event;
-	gfp_t flags = in_interrupt() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL;
 	struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha = phy->ha;
 	struct sas_internal *i =
 		to_sas_internal(sas_ha->core.shost->transportt);
 
-	event = kmem_cache_zalloc(sas_event_cache, flags);
+	event = kmem_cache_zalloc(sas_event_cache, gfp_flags);
 	if (!event)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -604,7 +603,7 @@ struct asd_sas_event *sas_alloc_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy)
 			if (cmpxchg(&phy->in_shutdown, 0, 1) == 0) {
 				pr_notice("The phy%d bursting events, shut it down.\n",
 					  phy->id);
-				sas_notify_phy_event(phy, PHYE_SHUTDOWN);
+				sas_notify_phy_event_gfp(phy, PHYE_SHUTDOWN, gfp_flags);
 			}
 		} else {
 			/* Do not support PHY control, stop allocating events */
@@ -618,6 +617,17 @@ struct asd_sas_event *sas_alloc_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy)
 	return event;
 }
 
+struct asd_sas_event *sas_alloc_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy)
+{
+	return __sas_alloc_event(phy, in_interrupt() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL);
+}
+
+struct asd_sas_event *sas_alloc_event_gfp(struct asd_sas_phy *phy,
+					  gfp_t gfp_flags)
+{
+	return __sas_alloc_event(phy, gfp_flags);
+}
+
 void sas_free_event(struct asd_sas_event *event)
 {
 	struct asd_sas_phy *phy = event->phy;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h
index 53ea32ed17a7..d70d33b94668 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ int  sas_register_phys(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha);
 void sas_unregister_phys(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha);
 
 struct asd_sas_event *sas_alloc_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy);
+struct asd_sas_event *sas_alloc_event_gfp(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, gfp_t gfp_flags);
 void sas_free_event(struct asd_sas_event *event);
 
 int  sas_register_ports(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha);
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ int sas_smp_phy_control(struct domain_device *dev, int phy_id,
 int sas_smp_get_phy_events(struct sas_phy *phy);
 
 int sas_notify_phy_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum phy_event event);
+int sas_notify_phy_event_gfp(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum phy_event event, gfp_t flags);
 void sas_device_set_phy(struct domain_device *dev, struct sas_port *port);
 struct domain_device *sas_find_dev_by_rphy(struct sas_rphy *rphy);
 struct domain_device *sas_ex_to_ata(struct domain_device *ex_dev, int phy_id);
diff --git a/include/scsi/libsas.h b/include/scsi/libsas.h
index 3387149502e9..e6a43163ab5b 100644
--- a/include/scsi/libsas.h
+++ b/include/scsi/libsas.h
@@ -704,5 +704,9 @@ int sas_request_addr(struct Scsi_Host *shost, u8 *addr);
 
 int sas_notify_port_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum port_event event);
 int sas_notify_phy_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum phy_event event);
+int sas_notify_port_event_gfp(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum port_event event,
+			      gfp_t gfp_flags);
+int sas_notify_phy_event_gfp(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum phy_event event,
+			     gfp_t gfp_flags);
 
 #endif /* _SASLIB_H_ */
