diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
index 393e7ce8e95a15ef5907c820dcb2ff9bd3542ac8..59b86e260ce977821c21fea8164fc936d3f4df70 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
@@ -505,7 +505,8 @@ static int asd_build_ssp_ascb(struct asd_ascb *ascb, struct sas_task *task,
 		scb->ssp_task.ssp_cmd.efb_prio_attr |= EFB_MASK;
 	scb->ssp_task.ssp_cmd.efb_prio_attr |= (task->ssp_task.task_prio << 3);
 	scb->ssp_task.ssp_cmd.efb_prio_attr |= (task->ssp_task.task_attr & 7);
-	memcpy(scb->ssp_task.ssp_cmd.cdb, task->ssp_task.cdb, 16);
+	memcpy(scb->ssp_task.ssp_cmd.cdb, task->ssp_task.cmd->cmnd,
+	       task->ssp_task.cmd->cmd_len);
 
 	scb->ssp_task.sister_scb = cpu_to_le16(0xFFFF);
 	scb->ssp_task.conn_handle = cpu_to_le16(
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/request.c b/drivers/scsi/isci/request.c
index e3e3bcbd5a9fcf4245bf9d28b53c0274ca642c2d..7b082157eb79668b5fa6bcda0b16d6df25cd6acb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/request.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/request.c
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ static void sci_io_request_build_ssp_command_iu(struct isci_request *ireq)
 	cmd_iu->task_attr = task->ssp_task.task_attr;
 	cmd_iu->_r_c = 0;
 
-	sci_swab32_cpy(&cmd_iu->cdb, task->ssp_task.cdb,
-		       sizeof(task->ssp_task.cdb) / sizeof(u32));
+	sci_swab32_cpy(&cmd_iu->cdb, task->ssp_task.cmd->cmnd,
+		       task->ssp_task.cmd->cmd_len / sizeof(u32));
 }
 
 static void sci_task_request_build_ssp_task_iu(struct isci_request *ireq)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
index 6e795a174a1241f489e5ae34468589cff5ac6a1d..da3aee17faa5cfd5299b32ab3c944a052eda0ba6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static struct sas_task *sas_create_task(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd,
 	int_to_scsilun(cmd->device->lun, &lun);
 	memcpy(task->ssp_task.LUN, &lun.scsi_lun, 8);
 	task->ssp_task.task_attr = TASK_ATTR_SIMPLE;
-	memcpy(task->ssp_task.cdb, cmd->cmnd, 16);
+	task->ssp_task.cmd = cmd;
 
 	task->scatter = scsi_sglist(cmd);
 	task->num_scatter = scsi_sg_count(cmd);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c b/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
index c9e244984e30ec1dfed39c7b574b71caffeb0794..f14665a6293dbb702d9c7c4a98fc135fc6f489eb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c
@@ -686,7 +686,8 @@ static int mvs_task_prep_ssp(struct mvs_info *mvi,
 	if (ssp_hdr->frame_type != SSP_TASK) {
 		buf_cmd[9] = fburst | task->ssp_task.task_attr |
 				(task->ssp_task.task_prio << 3);
-		memcpy(buf_cmd + 12, &task->ssp_task.cdb, 16);
+		memcpy(buf_cmd + 12, task->ssp_task.cmd->cmnd,
+		       task->ssp_task.cmd->cmd_len);
 	} else{
 		buf_cmd[10] = tmf->tmf;
 		switch (tmf->tmf) {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c
index 69dd49c05f1e1069b2aea0544734f52ea5126abb..a58546f73f0d3538f3632b4db50e8bb2003766a1 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_hwi.c
@@ -4291,7 +4291,8 @@ static int pm8001_chip_ssp_io_req(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha,
 		ssp_cmd.ssp_iu.efb_prio_attr |= 0x80;
 	ssp_cmd.ssp_iu.efb_prio_attr |= (task->ssp_task.task_prio << 3);
 	ssp_cmd.ssp_iu.efb_prio_attr |= (task->ssp_task.task_attr & 7);
-	memcpy(ssp_cmd.ssp_iu.cdb, task->ssp_task.cdb, 16);
+	memcpy(ssp_cmd.ssp_iu.cdb, task->ssp_task.cmd->cmnd,
+	       task->ssp_task.cmd->cmd_len);
 	circularQ = &pm8001_ha->inbnd_q_tbl[0];
 
 	/* fill in PRD (scatter/gather) table, if any */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
index 302514d8157b78ffdce87ef3b32db4cbf4aaa7aa..f6c65eeafb5de770932c4dad4cf434479eb25f6f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
@@ -3559,9 +3559,9 @@ static int pm80xx_chip_smp_req(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha,
 
 static int check_enc_sas_cmd(struct sas_task *task)
 {
-	if ((task->ssp_task.cdb[0] == READ_10)
-		|| (task->ssp_task.cdb[0] == WRITE_10)
-		|| (task->ssp_task.cdb[0] == WRITE_VERIFY))
+	u8 cmd = task->ssp_task.cmd->cmnd[0];
+
+	if (cmd == READ_10 || cmd == WRITE_10 || cmd == WRITE_VERIFY)
 		return 1;
 	else
 		return 0;
@@ -3624,7 +3624,8 @@ static int pm80xx_chip_ssp_io_req(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha,
 		ssp_cmd.ssp_iu.efb_prio_attr |= 0x80;
 	ssp_cmd.ssp_iu.efb_prio_attr |= (task->ssp_task.task_prio << 3);
 	ssp_cmd.ssp_iu.efb_prio_attr |= (task->ssp_task.task_attr & 7);
-	memcpy(ssp_cmd.ssp_iu.cdb, task->ssp_task.cdb, 16);
+	memcpy(ssp_cmd.ssp_iu.cdb, task->ssp_task.cmd->cmnd,
+		       task->ssp_task.cmd->cmd_len);
 	circularQ = &pm8001_ha->inbnd_q_tbl[0];
 
 	/* Check if encryption is set */
@@ -3632,7 +3633,7 @@ static int pm80xx_chip_ssp_io_req(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha,
 		!(pm8001_ha->encrypt_info.status) && check_enc_sas_cmd(task)) {
 		PM8001_IO_DBG(pm8001_ha, pm8001_printk(
 			"Encryption enabled.Sending Encrypt SAS command 0x%x\n",
-			task->ssp_task.cdb[0]));
+			task->ssp_task.cmd->cmnd[0]));
 		opc = OPC_INB_SSP_INI_DIF_ENC_IO;
 		/* enable encryption. 0 for SAS 1.1 and SAS 2.0 compatible TLR*/
 		ssp_cmd.dad_dir_m_tlr =	cpu_to_le32
@@ -3666,14 +3667,14 @@ static int pm80xx_chip_ssp_io_req(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha,
 		/* XTS mode. All other fields are 0 */
 		ssp_cmd.key_cmode = 0x6 << 4;
 		/* set tweak values. Should be the start lba */
-		ssp_cmd.twk_val0 = cpu_to_le32((task->ssp_task.cdb[2] << 24) |
-						(task->ssp_task.cdb[3] << 16) |
-						(task->ssp_task.cdb[4] << 8) |
-						(task->ssp_task.cdb[5]));
+		ssp_cmd.twk_val0 = cpu_to_le32((task->ssp_task.cmd->cmnd[2] << 24) |
+						(task->ssp_task.cmd->cmnd[3] << 16) |
+						(task->ssp_task.cmd->cmnd[4] << 8) |
+						(task->ssp_task.cmd->cmnd[5]));
 	} else {
 		PM8001_IO_DBG(pm8001_ha, pm8001_printk(
 			"Sending Normal SAS command 0x%x inb q %x\n",
-			task->ssp_task.cdb[0], inb));
+			task->ssp_task.cmd->cmnd[0], inb));
 		/* fill in PRD (scatter/gather) table, if any */
 		if (task->num_scatter > 1) {
 			pm8001_chip_make_sg(task->scatter, ccb->n_elem,
diff --git a/include/scsi/libsas.h b/include/scsi/libsas.h
index e2c1e66d58ae6c810e4ca18d4e62d9f78b2c3e4b..f843dd8722a97eb9ca7106c6e09f8dd43a6e903c 100644
--- a/include/scsi/libsas.h
+++ b/include/scsi/libsas.h
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ struct sas_ssp_task {
 	u8     enable_first_burst:1;
 	enum   task_attribute task_attr;
 	u8     task_prio;
-	u8     cdb[16];
+	struct scsi_cmnd *cmd;
 };
 
 struct sas_task {