diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_dbf.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_dbf.c
index 31d62ea5fdcdf544accd54647cca969ef5d0fbf0..c801f9782cb2bfe2aae62ea73882b308bf20693f 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_dbf.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_dbf.c
@@ -572,19 +572,32 @@ void zfcp_dbf_scsi(char *tag, int level, struct scsi_cmnd *sc,
 
 	if (fsf) {
 		rec->fsf_req_id = fsf->req_id;
+		rec->pl_len = FCP_RESP_WITH_EXT;
 		fcp_rsp = (struct fcp_resp_with_ext *)
 				&(fsf->qtcb->bottom.io.fcp_rsp);
+		/* mandatory parts of FCP_RSP IU in this SCSI record */
 		memcpy(&rec->fcp_rsp, fcp_rsp, FCP_RESP_WITH_EXT);
 		if (fcp_rsp->resp.fr_flags & FCP_RSP_LEN_VAL) {
 			fcp_rsp_info = (struct fcp_resp_rsp_info *) &fcp_rsp[1];
 			rec->fcp_rsp_info = fcp_rsp_info->rsp_code;
+			rec->pl_len += be32_to_cpu(fcp_rsp->ext.fr_rsp_len);
 		}
 		if (fcp_rsp->resp.fr_flags & FCP_SNS_LEN_VAL) {
-			rec->pl_len = min((u16)SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE,
-					  (u16)ZFCP_DBF_PAY_MAX_REC);
-			zfcp_dbf_pl_write(dbf, sc->sense_buffer, rec->pl_len,
-					  "fcp_sns", fsf->req_id);
+			rec->pl_len += be32_to_cpu(fcp_rsp->ext.fr_sns_len);
 		}
+		/* complete FCP_RSP IU in associated PAYload record
+		 * but only if there are optional parts
+		 */
+		if (fcp_rsp->resp.fr_flags != 0)
+			zfcp_dbf_pl_write(
+				dbf, fcp_rsp,
+				/* at least one full PAY record
+				 * but not beyond hardware response field
+				 */
+				min_t(u16, max_t(u16, rec->pl_len,
+						 ZFCP_DBF_PAY_MAX_REC),
+				      FSF_FCP_RSP_SIZE),
+				"fcp_riu", fsf->req_id);
 	}
 
 	debug_event(dbf->scsi, level, rec, sizeof(*rec));