diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h
index 4ebf81e..a4f308f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
 #define MAX_CHAIN_ELEMT_SZ		16
 #define DEFAULT_NUM_FWCHAIN_ELEMTS	8
 
+#define IO_UNIT_CONTROL_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT 6
 #define FW_IMG_HDR_READ_TIMEOUT	15
 
 #define IOC_OPERATIONAL_WAIT_COUNT	10
@@ -589,6 +590,7 @@ static inline void sas_device_put(struct _sas_device *s)
  * @connector_name: ASCII value of the Connector's name
  * @serial_number: pointer of serial number string allocated runtime
  * @access_status: Device's Access Status
+ * @shutdown_latency: NVMe device's RTD3 Entry Latency
  * @refcount: reference count for deletion
  */
 struct _pcie_device {
@@ -611,6 +613,7 @@ struct _pcie_device {
 	u8	*serial_number;
 	u8	reset_timeout;
 	u8	access_status;
+	u16	shutdown_latency;
 	struct kref refcount;
 };
 /**
@@ -1073,6 +1076,10 @@ typedef void (*MPT3SAS_FLUSH_RUNNING_CMDS)(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc);
  * @event_context: unique id for each logged event
  * @event_log: event log pointer
  * @event_masks: events that are masked
+ * @max_shutdown_latency: timeout value for NVMe shutdown operation,
+ *			which is equal that NVMe drive's RTD3 Entry Latency
+ *			which has reported maximum RTD3 Entry Latency value
+ *			among attached NVMe drives.
  * @facts: static facts data
  * @prev_fw_facts: previous fw facts data
  * @pfacts: static port facts data
@@ -1283,7 +1290,7 @@ struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER {
 
 	u8		tm_custom_handling;
 	u8		nvme_abort_timeout;
-
+	u16		max_shutdown_latency;
 
 	/* static config pages */
 	struct mpt3sas_facts facts;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
index a038be8..c451e57 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
@@ -1049,6 +1049,34 @@ mpt3sas_get_pdev_by_handle(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 handle)
 	return pcie_device;
 }
 
+/**
+ * _scsih_set_nvme_max_shutdown_latency - Update max_shutdown_latency.
+ * @ioc: per adapter object
+ * Context: This function will acquire ioc->pcie_device_lock
+ *
+ * Update ioc->max_shutdown_latency to that NVMe drives RTD3 Entry Latency
+ * which has reported maximum among all available NVMe drives.
+ * Minimum max_shutdown_latency will be six seconds.
+ */
+static void
+_scsih_set_nvme_max_shutdown_latency(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc)
+{
+	struct _pcie_device *pcie_device;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	u16 shutdown_latency = IO_UNIT_CONTROL_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->pcie_device_lock, flags);
+	list_for_each_entry(pcie_device, &ioc->pcie_device_list, list) {
+		if (pcie_device->shutdown_latency) {
+			if (shutdown_latency < pcie_device->shutdown_latency)
+				shutdown_latency =
+					pcie_device->shutdown_latency;
+		}
+	}
+	ioc->max_shutdown_latency = shutdown_latency;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->pcie_device_lock, flags);
+}
+
 /**
  * _scsih_pcie_device_remove - remove pcie_device from list.
  * @ioc: per adapter object
@@ -1063,6 +1091,7 @@ _scsih_pcie_device_remove(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc,
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int was_on_pcie_device_list = 0;
+	u8 update_latency;
 
 	if (!pcie_device)
 		return;
@@ -1082,11 +1111,22 @@ _scsih_pcie_device_remove(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc,
 		list_del_init(&pcie_device->list);
 		was_on_pcie_device_list = 1;
 	}
+	if (pcie_device->shutdown_latency == ioc->max_shutdown_latency)
+		update_latency = 1;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->pcie_device_lock, flags);
 	if (was_on_pcie_device_list) {
 		kfree(pcie_device->serial_number);
 		pcie_device_put(pcie_device);
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * As this device's RTD3 Entry Latency matches with
+	 * IOC's max_shutdown_latency and hence recalculate
+	 * IOC's max_shutdown_latency from the available drives
+	 * as current drive is getting removed.
+	 */
+	if (update_latency)
+		_scsih_set_nvme_max_shutdown_latency(ioc);
 }
 
 
@@ -1101,6 +1141,7 @@ _scsih_pcie_device_remove_by_handle(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 handle)
 	struct _pcie_device *pcie_device;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int was_on_pcie_device_list = 0;
+	u8 update_latency = 0;
 
 	if (ioc->shost_recovery)
 		return;
@@ -1113,12 +1154,23 @@ _scsih_pcie_device_remove_by_handle(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 handle)
 			was_on_pcie_device_list = 1;
 			pcie_device_put(pcie_device);
 		}
+		if (pcie_device->shutdown_latency == ioc->max_shutdown_latency)
+			update_latency = 1;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->pcie_device_lock, flags);
 	if (was_on_pcie_device_list) {
 		_scsih_pcie_device_remove_from_sml(ioc, pcie_device);
 		pcie_device_put(pcie_device);
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * As this device's RTD3 Entry Latency matches with
+	 * IOC's max_shutdown_latency and hence recalculate
+	 * IOC's max_shutdown_latency from the available drives
+	 * as current drive is getting removed.
+	 */
+	if (update_latency)
+		_scsih_set_nvme_max_shutdown_latency(ioc);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -6933,6 +6985,16 @@ _scsih_pcie_add_device(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 handle)
 	    le32_to_cpu(pcie_device_pg0.DeviceInfo)))) {
 		pcie_device->nvme_mdts =
 		    le32_to_cpu(pcie_device_pg2.MaximumDataTransferSize);
+		pcie_device->shutdown_latency =
+			le16_to_cpu(pcie_device_pg2.ShutdownLatency);
+		/*
+		 * Set IOC's max_shutdown_latency to drive's RTD3 Entry Latency
+		 * if drive's RTD3 Entry Latency is greater then IOC's
+		 * max_shutdown_latency.
+		 */
+		if (pcie_device->shutdown_latency > ioc->max_shutdown_latency)
+			ioc->max_shutdown_latency =
+				pcie_device->shutdown_latency;
 		if (pcie_device_pg2.ControllerResetTO)
 			pcie_device->reset_timeout =
 			    pcie_device_pg2.ControllerResetTO;
@@ -9357,6 +9419,7 @@ _mpt3sas_fw_work(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, struct fw_event_work *fw_event)
 		}
 		_scsih_remove_unresponding_devices(ioc);
 		_scsih_scan_for_devices_after_reset(ioc);
+		_scsih_set_nvme_max_shutdown_latency(ioc);
 		break;
 	case MPT3SAS_PORT_ENABLE_COMPLETE:
 		ioc->start_scan = 0;
@@ -9659,6 +9722,75 @@ _scsih_expander_node_remove(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc,
 	kfree(sas_expander);
 }
 
+/**
+ * _scsih_nvme_shutdown - NVMe shutdown notification
+ * @ioc: per adapter object
+ *
+ * Sending IoUnitControl request with shutdown operation code to alert IOC that
+ * the host system is shutting down. So that IOC can issue NVMe shutdown to
+ * NVMe drives attached to it.
+ */
+static void
+_scsih_nvme_shutdown(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc)
+{
+	Mpi26IoUnitControlRequest_t *mpi_request;
+	Mpi26IoUnitControlReply_t *mpi_reply;
+	u16 smid;
+
+	/* are there any NVMe devices ? */
+	if (list_empty(&ioc->pcie_device_list))
+		return;
+
+	mutex_lock(&ioc->scsih_cmds.mutex);
+
+	if (ioc->scsih_cmds.status != MPT3_CMD_NOT_USED) {
+		ioc_err(ioc, "%s: scsih_cmd in use\n", __func__);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ioc->scsih_cmds.status = MPT3_CMD_PENDING;
+
+	smid = mpt3sas_base_get_smid(ioc, ioc->scsih_cb_idx);
+	if (!smid) {
+		ioc_err(ioc,
+		    "%s: failed obtaining a smid\n", __func__);
+		ioc->scsih_cmds.status = MPT3_CMD_NOT_USED;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	mpi_request = mpt3sas_base_get_msg_frame(ioc, smid);
+	ioc->scsih_cmds.smid = smid;
+	memset(mpi_request, 0, sizeof(Mpi26IoUnitControlRequest_t));
+	mpi_request->Function = MPI2_FUNCTION_IO_UNIT_CONTROL;
+	mpi_request->Operation = MPI26_CTRL_OP_SHUTDOWN;
+
+	init_completion(&ioc->scsih_cmds.done);
+	ioc->put_smid_default(ioc, smid);
+	/* Wait for max_shutdown_latency seconds */
+	ioc_info(ioc,
+		"Io Unit Control shutdown (sending), Shutdown latency %d sec\n",
+		ioc->max_shutdown_latency);
+	wait_for_completion_timeout(&ioc->scsih_cmds.done,
+			ioc->max_shutdown_latency*HZ);
+
+	if (!(ioc->scsih_cmds.status & MPT3_CMD_COMPLETE)) {
+		ioc_err(ioc, "%s: timeout\n", __func__);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (ioc->scsih_cmds.status & MPT3_CMD_REPLY_VALID) {
+		mpi_reply = ioc->scsih_cmds.reply;
+		ioc_info(ioc, "Io Unit Control shutdown (complete):"
+			"ioc_status(0x%04x), loginfo(0x%08x)\n",
+			le16_to_cpu(mpi_reply->IOCStatus),
+			le32_to_cpu(mpi_reply->IOCLogInfo));
+	}
+ out:
+	ioc->scsih_cmds.status = MPT3_CMD_NOT_USED;
+	mutex_unlock(&ioc->scsih_cmds.mutex);
+}
+
+
 /**
  * _scsih_ir_shutdown - IR shutdown notification
  * @ioc: per adapter object
@@ -9851,6 +9983,7 @@ scsih_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 				&ioc->ioc_pg1_copy);
 
 	_scsih_ir_shutdown(ioc);
+	_scsih_nvme_shutdown(ioc);
 	mpt3sas_base_detach(ioc);
 }
 
@@ -10533,6 +10666,8 @@ _scsih_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	ioc->tm_sas_control_cb_idx = tm_sas_control_cb_idx;
 	ioc->logging_level = logging_level;
 	ioc->schedule_dead_ioc_flush_running_cmds = &_scsih_flush_running_cmds;
+	/* Host waits for minimum of six seconds */
+	ioc->max_shutdown_latency = IO_UNIT_CONTROL_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT;
 	/*
 	 * Enable MEMORY MOVE support flag.
 	 */
@@ -10681,6 +10816,7 @@ scsih_suspend(struct pci_dev *pdev, pm_message_t state)
 	mpt3sas_base_stop_watchdog(ioc);
 	flush_scheduled_work();
 	scsi_block_requests(shost);
+	_scsih_nvme_shutdown(ioc);
 	device_state = pci_choose_state(pdev, state);
 	ioc_info(ioc, "pdev=0x%p, slot=%s, entering operating state [D%d]\n",
 		 pdev, pci_name(pdev), device_state);
