diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 29bcfac6c68853e4e562642dddadc4c8deb17231..859879d0a0bfb07433e3fab3801beb5ee3a7350b 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ void blk_rq_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&rq->hash);
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&rq->rb_node);
 	rq->cmd = rq->__cmd;
+	rq->cmd_len = BLK_MAX_CDB;
 	rq->tag = -1;
 	rq->ref_count = 1;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
index 73d7860b72e27053791343103c544c10161c2e73..b32ff446c3fb3c1d4e88829ac46a9e0adc705031 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ static void blk_add_trace_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 	if (blk_pc_request(rq)) {
 		what |= BLK_TC_ACT(BLK_TC_PC);
 		__blk_add_trace(bt, 0, rq->data_len, rw, what, rq->errors,
-				sizeof(rq->cmd), rq->cmd);
+				rq->cmd_len, rq->cmd);
 	} else  {
 		what |= BLK_TC_ACT(BLK_TC_FS);
 		__blk_add_trace(bt, rq->hard_sector, rq->hard_nr_sectors << 9,