diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core-card.c b/drivers/firewire/core-card.c
index 543fccac81bb953aa38c60cebb764374602e2d4d..f74edae5cb4cfce68726102cca77711865003bc5 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/core-card.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core-card.c
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ static void allocate_broadcast_channel(struct fw_card *card, int generation)
 {
 	int channel, bandwidth = 0;
 
-	fw_iso_resource_manage(card, generation, 1ULL << 31,
-			       &channel, &bandwidth, true);
+	fw_iso_resource_manage(card, generation, 1ULL << 31, &channel,
+			       &bandwidth, true, card->bm_transaction_data);
 	if (channel == 31) {
 		card->broadcast_channel_allocated = true;
 		device_for_each_child(card->device, (void *)(long)generation,
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ static void fw_card_bm_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	bool do_reset = false;
 	bool root_device_is_running;
 	bool root_device_is_cmc;
-	__be32 lock_data[2];
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&card->lock, flags);
 
@@ -273,22 +272,23 @@ static void fw_card_bm_work(struct work_struct *work)
 			goto pick_me;
 		}
 
-		lock_data[0] = cpu_to_be32(0x3f);
-		lock_data[1] = cpu_to_be32(local_id);
+		card->bm_transaction_data[0] = cpu_to_be32(0x3f);
+		card->bm_transaction_data[1] = cpu_to_be32(local_id);
 
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->lock, flags);
 
 		rcode = fw_run_transaction(card, TCODE_LOCK_COMPARE_SWAP,
 				irm_id, generation, SCODE_100,
 				CSR_REGISTER_BASE + CSR_BUS_MANAGER_ID,
-				lock_data, sizeof(lock_data));
+				card->bm_transaction_data,
+				sizeof(card->bm_transaction_data));
 
 		if (rcode == RCODE_GENERATION)
 			/* Another bus reset, BM work has been rescheduled. */
 			goto out;
 
 		if (rcode == RCODE_COMPLETE &&
-		    lock_data[0] != cpu_to_be32(0x3f)) {
+		    card->bm_transaction_data[0] != cpu_to_be32(0x3f)) {
 
 			/* Somebody else is BM.  Only act as IRM. */
 			if (local_id == irm_id)
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c b/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
index d1d30c615b0f191c7fb33a313e64bfd37b2835d5..ced186d7e9a9d16552fcf3d73a95203303a8251a 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ struct iso_resource {
 	int generation;
 	u64 channels;
 	s32 bandwidth;
+	__be32 transaction_data[2];
 	struct iso_resource_event *e_alloc, *e_dealloc;
 };
 
@@ -1049,7 +1050,8 @@ static void iso_resource_work(struct work_struct *work)
 			r->channels, &channel, &bandwidth,
 			todo == ISO_RES_ALLOC ||
 			todo == ISO_RES_REALLOC ||
-			todo == ISO_RES_ALLOC_ONCE);
+			todo == ISO_RES_ALLOC_ONCE,
+			r->transaction_data);
 	/*
 	 * Is this generation outdated already?  As long as this resource sticks
 	 * in the idr, it will be scheduled again for a newer generation or at
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core-iso.c b/drivers/firewire/core-iso.c
index 166f19c6d38d6dd86930751a9aefbac0ddb819cb..110e731f5574130cb69338a99aab0c8ec8a16916 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/core-iso.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core-iso.c
@@ -177,9 +177,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fw_iso_context_stop);
  */
 
 static int manage_bandwidth(struct fw_card *card, int irm_id, int generation,
-			    int bandwidth, bool allocate)
+			    int bandwidth, bool allocate, __be32 data[2])
 {
-	__be32 data[2];
 	int try, new, old = allocate ? BANDWIDTH_AVAILABLE_INITIAL : 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -215,9 +214,9 @@ static int manage_bandwidth(struct fw_card *card, int irm_id, int generation,
 }
 
 static int manage_channel(struct fw_card *card, int irm_id, int generation,
-			  u32 channels_mask, u64 offset, bool allocate)
+		u32 channels_mask, u64 offset, bool allocate, __be32 data[2])
 {
-	__be32 data[2], c, all, old;
+	__be32 c, all, old;
 	int i, retry = 5;
 
 	old = all = allocate ? cpu_to_be32(~0) : 0;
@@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ static int manage_channel(struct fw_card *card, int irm_id, int generation,
 }
 
 static void deallocate_channel(struct fw_card *card, int irm_id,
-			       int generation, int channel)
+			       int generation, int channel, __be32 buffer[2])
 {
 	u32 mask;
 	u64 offset;
@@ -269,7 +268,7 @@ static void deallocate_channel(struct fw_card *card, int irm_id,
 	offset = channel < 32 ? CSR_REGISTER_BASE + CSR_CHANNELS_AVAILABLE_HI :
 				CSR_REGISTER_BASE + CSR_CHANNELS_AVAILABLE_LO;
 
-	manage_channel(card, irm_id, generation, mask, offset, false);
+	manage_channel(card, irm_id, generation, mask, offset, false, buffer);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -298,7 +297,7 @@ static void deallocate_channel(struct fw_card *card, int irm_id,
  */
 void fw_iso_resource_manage(struct fw_card *card, int generation,
 			    u64 channels_mask, int *channel, int *bandwidth,
-			    bool allocate)
+			    bool allocate, __be32 buffer[2])
 {
 	u32 channels_hi = channels_mask;	/* channels 31...0 */
 	u32 channels_lo = channels_mask >> 32;	/* channels 63...32 */
@@ -310,10 +309,12 @@ void fw_iso_resource_manage(struct fw_card *card, int generation,
 
 	if (channels_hi)
 		c = manage_channel(card, irm_id, generation, channels_hi,
-		    CSR_REGISTER_BASE + CSR_CHANNELS_AVAILABLE_HI, allocate);
+				CSR_REGISTER_BASE + CSR_CHANNELS_AVAILABLE_HI,
+				allocate, buffer);
 	if (channels_lo && c < 0) {
 		c = manage_channel(card, irm_id, generation, channels_lo,
-		    CSR_REGISTER_BASE + CSR_CHANNELS_AVAILABLE_LO, allocate);
+				CSR_REGISTER_BASE + CSR_CHANNELS_AVAILABLE_LO,
+				allocate, buffer);
 		if (c >= 0)
 			c += 32;
 	}
@@ -325,12 +326,13 @@ void fw_iso_resource_manage(struct fw_card *card, int generation,
 	if (*bandwidth == 0)
 		return;
 
-	ret = manage_bandwidth(card, irm_id, generation, *bandwidth, allocate);
+	ret = manage_bandwidth(card, irm_id, generation, *bandwidth,
+			       allocate, buffer);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		*bandwidth = 0;
 
 	if (allocate && ret < 0 && c >= 0) {
-		deallocate_channel(card, irm_id, generation, c);
+		deallocate_channel(card, irm_id, generation, c, buffer);
 		*channel = ret;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core.h b/drivers/firewire/core.h
index c3cfc647e5e30dae6edfa9e38fae365d416184d3..6052816be353e899b540394afa05747f7dc1d2c0 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/core.h
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core.h
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ void fw_node_event(struct fw_card *card, struct fw_node *node, int event);
 
 int fw_iso_buffer_map(struct fw_iso_buffer *buffer, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 void fw_iso_resource_manage(struct fw_card *card, int generation,
-		u64 channels_mask, int *channel, int *bandwidth, bool allocate);
+			    u64 channels_mask, int *channel, int *bandwidth,
+			    bool allocate, __be32 buffer[2]);
 
 
 /* -topology */
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/sbp2.c b/drivers/firewire/sbp2.c
index 24c45635376a746ba9ae3e69ef53cfa7da1ab514..8d51568ee14344ee1e9e4ac11f690ae7a2c1d6a2 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/sbp2.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/sbp2.c
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@ static struct fw_device *target_device(struct sbp2_target *tgt)
 #define SBP2_RETRY_LIMIT		0xf		/* 15 retries */
 #define SBP2_CYCLE_LIMIT		(0xc8 << 12)	/* 200 125us cycles */
 
+/*
+ * There is no transport protocol limit to the CDB length,  but we implement
+ * a fixed length only.  16 bytes is enough for disks larger than 2 TB.
+ */
+#define SBP2_MAX_CDB_SIZE		16
+
 /*
  * The default maximum s/g segment size of a FireWire controller is
  * usually 0x10000, but SBP-2 only allows 0xffff. Since buffers have to
@@ -312,7 +318,7 @@ struct sbp2_command_orb {
 		struct sbp2_pointer next;
 		struct sbp2_pointer data_descriptor;
 		__be32 misc;
-		u8 command_block[12];
+		u8 command_block[SBP2_MAX_CDB_SIZE];
 	} request;
 	struct scsi_cmnd *cmd;
 	scsi_done_fn_t done;
@@ -1146,6 +1152,8 @@ static int sbp2_probe(struct device *dev)
 	if (fw_device_enable_phys_dma(device) < 0)
 		goto fail_shost_put;
 
+	shost->max_cmd_len = SBP2_MAX_CDB_SIZE;
+
 	if (scsi_add_host(shost, &unit->device) < 0)
 		goto fail_shost_put;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.c b/drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.c
index 83b734aec923f795a5e4d79dcc162e68f5efaf5d..52b25f8b111d73fad2b4e6b1252b823854190ec2 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.c
+++ b/drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.c
@@ -880,6 +880,7 @@ static struct sbp2_lu *sbp2_alloc_device(struct unit_directory *ud)
 	}
 
 	shost->hostdata[0] = (unsigned long)lu;
+	shost->max_cmd_len = SBP2_MAX_CDB_SIZE;
 
 	if (!scsi_add_host(shost, &ud->device)) {
 		lu->shost = shost;
diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.h b/drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.h
index c5036f1cc5b0d674155ea2a89087e9ba5e981eb5..64a3a66a8a396fdc45d0e09d4f663cacb528f714 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.h
+++ b/drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.h
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 
 #define SBP2_DEVICE_NAME		"sbp2"
 
+/*
+ * There is no transport protocol limit to the CDB length,  but we implement
+ * a fixed length only.  16 bytes is enough for disks larger than 2 TB.
+ */
+#define SBP2_MAX_CDB_SIZE		16
+
 /*
  * SBP-2 specific definitions
  */
@@ -51,7 +57,7 @@ struct sbp2_command_orb {
 	u32 data_descriptor_hi;
 	u32 data_descriptor_lo;
 	u32 misc;
-	u8 cdb[12];
+	u8 cdb[SBP2_MAX_CDB_SIZE];
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
 #define SBP2_LOGIN_REQUEST		0x0
diff --git a/include/linux/firewire.h b/include/linux/firewire.h
index 9823946adbc513af5f2784b9f7c7a97f622d1a36..192d1e43c43c394ce14a967ee32ecbd3de261606 100644
--- a/include/linux/firewire.h
+++ b/include/linux/firewire.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ struct fw_card {
 	struct delayed_work work;
 	int bm_retries;
 	int bm_generation;
+	__be32 bm_transaction_data[2];
 
 	bool broadcast_channel_allocated;
 	u32 broadcast_channel;