diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 4df73e52a4f9fb285a886bbe9e313227e9f92c23..9f7fc39891b8b45b2b50a4e9a69131b798fc39ef 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -804,9 +804,8 @@ static int sd_prep_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 		SCpnt->cmnd[0] = WRITE_6;
 		SCpnt->sc_data_direction = DMA_TO_DEVICE;
 
-		if (blk_integrity_rq(rq) &&
-		    sd_dif_prepare(rq, block, sdp->sector_size) == -EIO)
-			goto out;
+		if (blk_integrity_rq(rq))
+			sd_dif_prepare(rq, block, sdp->sector_size);
 
 	} else if (rq_data_dir(rq) == READ) {
 		SCpnt->cmnd[0] = READ_6;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.h b/drivers/scsi/sd.h
index f703f4827b6f290c6272c5e4b6474a73a4f66b0a..47c52a6d733c0f757b4ef42236e89fba172b857c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ struct sd_dif_tuple {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY
 
 extern void sd_dif_config_host(struct scsi_disk *);
-extern int sd_dif_prepare(struct request *rq, sector_t, unsigned int);
+extern void sd_dif_prepare(struct request *rq, sector_t, unsigned int);
 extern void sd_dif_complete(struct scsi_cmnd *, unsigned int);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd_dif.c b/drivers/scsi/sd_dif.c
index e52d5bc42bc47330d2ff9b658c6eec33a9143da5..04998f36e5071bdda94ff225f39b0ca3616eeb7b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd_dif.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd_dif.c
@@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ void sd_dif_config_host(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
  *
  * Type 3 does not have a reference tag so no remapping is required.
  */
-int sd_dif_prepare(struct request *rq, sector_t hw_sector, unsigned int sector_sz)
+void sd_dif_prepare(struct request *rq, sector_t hw_sector,
+		    unsigned int sector_sz)
 {
 	const int tuple_sz = sizeof(struct sd_dif_tuple);
 	struct bio *bio;
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ int sd_dif_prepare(struct request *rq, sector_t hw_sector, unsigned int sector_s
 	sdkp = rq->bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
 
 	if (sdkp->protection_type == SD_DIF_TYPE3_PROTECTION)
-		return 0;
+		return;
 
 	phys = hw_sector & 0xffffffff;
 
@@ -397,10 +398,9 @@ int sd_dif_prepare(struct request *rq, sector_t hw_sector, unsigned int sector_s
 
 			for (j = 0 ; j < iv->bv_len ; j += tuple_sz, sdt++) {
 
-				if (be32_to_cpu(sdt->ref_tag) != virt)
-					goto error;
+				if (be32_to_cpu(sdt->ref_tag) == virt)
+					sdt->ref_tag = cpu_to_be32(phys);
 
-				sdt->ref_tag = cpu_to_be32(phys);
 				virt++;
 				phys++;
 			}
@@ -410,16 +410,6 @@ int sd_dif_prepare(struct request *rq, sector_t hw_sector, unsigned int sector_s
 
 		bio->bi_flags |= (1 << BIO_MAPPED_INTEGRITY);
 	}
-
-	return 0;
-
-error:
-	kunmap_atomic(sdt);
-	sd_printk(KERN_ERR, sdkp, "%s: virt %u, phys %u, ref %u, app %4x\n",
-		  __func__, virt, phys, be32_to_cpu(sdt->ref_tag),
-		  be16_to_cpu(sdt->app_tag));
-
-	return -EILSEQ;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -463,10 +453,7 @@ void sd_dif_complete(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, unsigned int good_bytes)
 					return;
 				}
 
-				if (be32_to_cpu(sdt->ref_tag) != phys &&
-				    sdt->app_tag != 0xffff)
-					sdt->ref_tag = 0xffffffff; /* Bad ref */
-				else
+				if (be32_to_cpu(sdt->ref_tag) == phys)
 					sdt->ref_tag = cpu_to_be32(virt);
 
 				virt++;