diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
index 8004b07..01a7339 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
@@ -353,9 +353,11 @@
 	adapter->ccw_device = ccw_device;
 
 	INIT_WORK(&adapter->stat_work, _zfcp_status_read_scheduler);
-	INIT_WORK(&adapter->scan_work, zfcp_fc_scan_ports);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&adapter->scan_work, zfcp_fc_scan_ports);
 	INIT_WORK(&adapter->ns_up_work, zfcp_fc_sym_name_update);
 
+	adapter->next_port_scan = jiffies;
+
 	if (zfcp_qdio_setup(adapter))
 		goto failed;
 
@@ -420,7 +422,7 @@
 {
 	struct ccw_device *cdev = adapter->ccw_device;
 
-	cancel_work_sync(&adapter->scan_work);
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&adapter->scan_work);
 	cancel_work_sync(&adapter->stat_work);
 	cancel_work_sync(&adapter->ns_up_work);
 	zfcp_destroy_adapter_work_queue(adapter);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ccw.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ccw.c
index f9879d4..54c7b48 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ccw.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ccw.c
@@ -56,8 +56,22 @@
 	zfcp_erp_set_adapter_status(adapter, ZFCP_STATUS_COMMON_RUNNING);
 	zfcp_erp_adapter_reopen(adapter, ZFCP_STATUS_COMMON_ERP_FAILED,
 				tag);
+
+	/*
+	 * We want to scan ports here, with some random backoff and without
+	 * rate limit. Recovery has already scheduled a port scan for us,
+	 * but with both random delay and rate limit. Nevertheless we get
+	 * what we want here by flushing the scheduled work after sleeping
+	 * an equivalent random time.
+	 * Let the port scan random delay elapse first. If recovery finishes
+	 * up to that point in time, that would be perfect for both recovery
+	 * and port scan. If not, i.e. recovery takes ages, there was no
+	 * point in waiting a random delay on top of the time consumed by
+	 * recovery.
+	 */
+	msleep(zfcp_fc_port_scan_backoff());
 	zfcp_erp_wait(adapter);
-	flush_work(&adapter->scan_work); /* ok to call even if nothing queued */
+	flush_delayed_work(&adapter->scan_work);
 
 	zfcp_ccw_adapter_put(adapter);
 
@@ -162,11 +176,19 @@
 	adapter->req_no = 0;
 
 	zfcp_ccw_activate(cdev, 0, "ccsonl1");
-	/* scan for remote ports
-	   either at the end of any successful adapter recovery
-	   or only after the adapter recovery for setting a device online */
+
+	/*
+	 * We want to scan ports here, always, with some random delay and
+	 * without rate limit - basically what zfcp_ccw_activate() has
+	 * achieved for us. Not quite! That port scan depended on
+	 * !no_auto_port_rescan. So let's cover the no_auto_port_rescan
+	 * case here to make sure a port scan is done unconditionally.
+	 * Since zfcp_ccw_activate() has waited the desired random time,
+	 * we can immediately schedule and flush a port scan for the
+	 * remaining cases.
+	 */
 	zfcp_fc_inverse_conditional_port_scan(adapter);
-	flush_work(&adapter->scan_work); /* ok to call even if nothing queued */
+	flush_delayed_work(&adapter->scan_work);
 	zfcp_ccw_adapter_put(adapter);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_def.h b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_def.h
index d91173f..b8e853e 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_def.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_def.h
@@ -186,12 +186,13 @@
 	struct fc_host_statistics *fc_stats;
 	struct fsf_qtcb_bottom_port *stats_reset_data;
 	unsigned long		stats_reset;
-	struct work_struct	scan_work;
+	struct delayed_work	scan_work;
 	struct work_struct	ns_up_work;
 	struct service_level	service_level;
 	struct workqueue_struct	*work_queue;
 	struct device_dma_parameters dma_parms;
 	struct zfcp_fc_events events;
+	unsigned long		next_port_scan;
 };
 
 struct zfcp_port {
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ext.h b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ext.h
index a9c570a..5b50065 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ext.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ext.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 extern int zfcp_fc_exec_bsg_job(struct fc_bsg_job *);
 extern int zfcp_fc_timeout_bsg_job(struct fc_bsg_job *);
 extern void zfcp_fc_sym_name_update(struct work_struct *);
+extern unsigned int zfcp_fc_port_scan_backoff(void);
 extern void zfcp_fc_conditional_port_scan(struct zfcp_adapter *);
 extern void zfcp_fc_inverse_conditional_port_scan(struct zfcp_adapter *);
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fc.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fc.c
index ca28e1c..25d49f3 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fc.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fc.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
 #include <scsi/fc/fc_els.h>
 #include <scsi/libfc.h>
 #include "zfcp_ext.h"
@@ -31,12 +32,54 @@
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(no_auto_port_rescan,
 		 "no automatic port_rescan (default off)");
 
+static unsigned int port_scan_backoff = 500;
+module_param(port_scan_backoff, uint, 0600);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(port_scan_backoff,
+	"upper limit of port scan random backoff in msecs (default 500)");
+
+static unsigned int port_scan_ratelimit = 60000;
+module_param(port_scan_ratelimit, uint, 0600);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(port_scan_ratelimit,
+	"minimum interval between port scans in msecs (default 60000)");
+
+unsigned int zfcp_fc_port_scan_backoff(void)
+{
+	if (!port_scan_backoff)
+		return 0;
+	return get_random_int() % port_scan_backoff;
+}
+
+static void zfcp_fc_port_scan_time(struct zfcp_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	unsigned long interval = msecs_to_jiffies(port_scan_ratelimit);
+	unsigned long backoff = msecs_to_jiffies(zfcp_fc_port_scan_backoff());
+
+	adapter->next_port_scan = jiffies + interval + backoff;
+}
+
+static void zfcp_fc_port_scan(struct zfcp_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	unsigned long now = jiffies;
+	unsigned long next = adapter->next_port_scan;
+	unsigned long delay = 0, max;
+
+	/* delay only needed within waiting period */
+	if (time_before(now, next)) {
+		delay = next - now;
+		/* paranoia: never ever delay scans longer than specified */
+		max = msecs_to_jiffies(port_scan_ratelimit + port_scan_backoff);
+		delay = min(delay, max);
+	}
+
+	queue_delayed_work(adapter->work_queue, &adapter->scan_work, delay);
+}
+
 void zfcp_fc_conditional_port_scan(struct zfcp_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	if (no_auto_port_rescan)
 		return;
 
-	queue_work(adapter->work_queue, &adapter->scan_work);
+	zfcp_fc_port_scan(adapter);
 }
 
 void zfcp_fc_inverse_conditional_port_scan(struct zfcp_adapter *adapter)
@@ -44,7 +87,7 @@
 	if (!no_auto_port_rescan)
 		return;
 
-	queue_work(adapter->work_queue, &adapter->scan_work);
+	zfcp_fc_port_scan(adapter);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -680,12 +723,15 @@
  */
 void zfcp_fc_scan_ports(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct zfcp_adapter *adapter = container_of(work, struct zfcp_adapter,
+	struct delayed_work *dw = to_delayed_work(work);
+	struct zfcp_adapter *adapter = container_of(dw, struct zfcp_adapter,
 						    scan_work);
 	int ret, i;
 	struct zfcp_fc_req *fc_req;
 	int chain, max_entries, buf_num, max_bytes;
 
+	zfcp_fc_port_scan_time(adapter);
+
 	chain = adapter->adapter_features & FSF_FEATURE_ELS_CT_CHAINED_SBALS;
 	buf_num = chain ? ZFCP_FC_GPN_FT_NUM_BUFS : 1;
 	max_entries = chain ? ZFCP_FC_GPN_FT_MAX_ENT : ZFCP_FC_GPN_FT_ENT_PAGE;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_sysfs.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_sysfs.c
index a488c09..96a0be1 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_sysfs.c
@@ -221,9 +221,13 @@
 	if (!adapter)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	/* sync the user-space- with the kernel-invocation of scan_work */
-	queue_work(adapter->work_queue, &adapter->scan_work);
-	flush_work(&adapter->scan_work);
+	/*
+	 * Users wish is our command: immediately schedule and flush a
+	 * worker to conduct a synchronous port scan, that is, neither
+	 * a random delay nor a rate limit is applied here.
+	 */
+	queue_delayed_work(adapter->work_queue, &adapter->scan_work, 0);
+	flush_delayed_work(&adapter->scan_work);
 	zfcp_ccw_adapter_put(adapter);
 
 	return (ssize_t) count;