diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sr.c b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
index ba9c3e0387ce313fc9ee588552c42101418e9f13..b811dd0eb240e77bd0e3751db5978d9c3b13ee23 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
@@ -862,10 +862,16 @@ static void get_capabilities(struct scsi_cd *cd)
 static int sr_packet(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
 		struct packet_command *cgc)
 {
+	struct scsi_cd *cd = cdi->handle;
+	struct scsi_device *sdev = cd->device;
+
+	if (cgc->cmd[0] == GPCMD_READ_DISC_INFO && sdev->no_read_disc_info)
+		return -EDRIVE_CANT_DO_THIS;
+
 	if (cgc->timeout <= 0)
 		cgc->timeout = IOCTL_TIMEOUT;
 
-	sr_do_ioctl(cdi->handle, cgc);
+	sr_do_ioctl(cd, cgc);
 
 	return cgc->stat;
 }
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
index 50cb34ffef11e22a3aff83f279aacd4d67dfe0bc..e8c2433ad8a8085f5e2d186df5a592499d9e929a 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ struct scsi_device {
 	unsigned retry_hwerror:1;	/* Retry HARDWARE_ERROR */
 	unsigned last_sector_bug:1;	/* do not use multisector accesses on
 					   SD_LAST_BUGGY_SECTORS */
+	unsigned no_read_disc_info:1;	/* Avoid READ_DISC_INFO cmds */
 	unsigned is_visible:1;	/* is the device visible in sysfs */
 
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(supported_events, SDEV_EVT_MAXBITS); /* supported events */