diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c
index 83efec2919b13115ba06cfaabbcbefee5a9841d3..fc8b3aa083d4cc9b13a9ce84380fc1e830a55216 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ struct sdebug_queued_cmd {
 static struct sdebug_queued_cmd queued_arr[SCSI_DEBUG_CANQUEUE];
 
 static unsigned char * fake_storep;	/* ramdisk storage */
-static unsigned char *dif_storep;	/* protection info */
+static struct sd_dif_tuple *dif_storep;	/* protection info */
 static void *map_storep;		/* provisioning map */
 
 static unsigned long map_size;
@@ -277,11 +277,6 @@ static char sdebug_proc_name[] = "scsi_debug";
 
 static struct bus_type pseudo_lld_bus;
 
-static inline sector_t dif_offset(sector_t sector)
-{
-	return sector << 3;
-}
-
 static struct device_driver sdebug_driverfs_driver = {
 	.name 		= sdebug_proc_name,
 	.bus		= &pseudo_lld_bus,
@@ -1727,7 +1722,7 @@ static int prot_verify_read(struct scsi_cmnd *SCpnt, sector_t start_sec,
 
 	start_sec = do_div(tmp_sec, sdebug_store_sectors);
 
-	sdt = (struct sd_dif_tuple *)(dif_storep + dif_offset(start_sec));
+	sdt = dif_storep + start_sec;
 
 	for (i = 0 ; i < sectors ; i++) {
 		u16 csum;
@@ -1782,16 +1777,17 @@ static int prot_verify_read(struct scsi_cmnd *SCpnt, sector_t start_sec,
 		ei_lba++;
 	}
 
-	resid = sectors * 8; /* Bytes of protection data to copy into sgl */
+	/* Bytes of protection data to copy into sgl */
+	resid = sectors * sizeof(*dif_storep);
 	sector = start_sec;
 
 	scsi_for_each_prot_sg(SCpnt, psgl, scsi_prot_sg_count(SCpnt), i) {
 		int len = min(psgl->length, resid);
 
 		paddr = kmap_atomic(sg_page(psgl)) + psgl->offset;
-		memcpy(paddr, dif_storep + dif_offset(sector), len);
+		memcpy(paddr, dif_storep + sector, len);
 
-		sector += len >> 3;
+		sector += len / sizeof(*dif_storep);
 		if (sector >= sdebug_store_sectors) {
 			/* Force wrap */
 			tmp_sec = sector;
@@ -1968,7 +1964,7 @@ static int prot_verify_write(struct scsi_cmnd *SCpnt, sector_t start_sec,
 			 * correctness we need to verify each sector
 			 * before writing it to "stable" storage
 			 */
-			memcpy(dif_storep + dif_offset(sector), sdt, 8);
+			memcpy(dif_storep + sector, sdt, sizeof(*sdt));
 
 			sector++;