diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
index 50a0acf1fec8634b72952850dd4c8c04899a8598..eaad925cbbfdeb5b9e020a9218a728d95f162c03 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
@@ -1905,6 +1905,26 @@ static const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_scsi_requests = {
     .put  = put_scsi_requests,
 };
 
+static bool scsi_sense_state_needed(void *opaque)
+{
+    SCSIDevice *s = opaque;
+
+    return s->sense_len > SCSI_SENSE_BUF_SIZE_OLD;
+}
+
+static const VMStateDescription vmstate_scsi_sense_state = {
+    .name = "SCSIDevice/sense",
+    .version_id = 1,
+    .minimum_version_id = 1,
+    .minimum_version_id_old = 1,
+    .fields      = (VMStateField []) {
+        VMSTATE_UINT8_SUB_ARRAY(sense, SCSIDevice,
+                                SCSI_SENSE_BUF_SIZE_OLD,
+                                SCSI_SENSE_BUF_SIZE - SCSI_SENSE_BUF_SIZE_OLD),
+        VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
+    }
+};
+
 const VMStateDescription vmstate_scsi_device = {
     .name = "SCSIDevice",
     .version_id = 1,
@@ -1915,7 +1935,7 @@ const VMStateDescription vmstate_scsi_device = {
         VMSTATE_UINT8(unit_attention.asc, SCSIDevice),
         VMSTATE_UINT8(unit_attention.ascq, SCSIDevice),
         VMSTATE_BOOL(sense_is_ua, SCSIDevice),
-        VMSTATE_UINT8_ARRAY(sense, SCSIDevice, SCSI_SENSE_BUF_SIZE),
+        VMSTATE_UINT8_SUB_ARRAY(sense, SCSIDevice, 0, SCSI_SENSE_BUF_SIZE_OLD),
         VMSTATE_UINT32(sense_len, SCSIDevice),
         {
             .name         = "requests",
@@ -1927,6 +1947,14 @@ const VMStateDescription vmstate_scsi_device = {
             .offset       = 0,
         },
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
+    },
+    .subsections = (VMStateSubsection []) {
+        {
+            .vmsd = &vmstate_scsi_sense_state,
+            .needed = scsi_sense_state_needed,
+        }, {
+            /* empty */
+        }
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/scsi/spapr_vscsi.c b/hw/scsi/spapr_vscsi.c
index b3835c821dfe5025fbb1f7555ec9b8edb5d29dc4..34478f01570aad06753c0a73f6691366c312cae9 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/spapr_vscsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/spapr_vscsi.c
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ static int vscsi_send_iu(VSCSIState *s, vscsi_req *req,
     req->crq.s.IU_data_ptr = req->iu.srp.rsp.tag; /* right byte order */
 
     if (rc == 0) {
-        req->crq.s.status = 0x99; /* Just needs to be non-zero */
+        req->crq.s.status = VIOSRP_OK;
     } else {
-        req->crq.s.status = 0x00;
+        req->crq.s.status = VIOSRP_ADAPTER_FAIL;
     }
 
     rc1 = spapr_vio_send_crq(&s->vdev, req->crq.raw);
diff --git a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
index 6610b3aab33ddb2e7f61bdfd80982ff699f90d47..b0d7517cb1273b453498ec7fa096ef754bd8b9d1 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ static void virtio_scsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *r, uint32_t status,
                                          size_t resid)
 {
     VirtIOSCSIReq *req = r->hba_private;
+    VirtIOSCSI *s = req->dev;
+    VirtIOSCSICommon *vs = VIRTIO_SCSI_COMMON(s);
     uint32_t sense_len;
 
     if (r->io_canceled) {
@@ -317,7 +319,7 @@ static void virtio_scsi_command_complete(SCSIRequest *r, uint32_t status,
     } else {
         req->resp.cmd->resid = 0;
         sense_len = scsi_req_get_sense(r, req->resp.cmd->sense,
-                                       VIRTIO_SCSI_SENSE_SIZE);
+                                       vs->sense_size);
         req->resp.cmd->sense_len = tswap32(sense_len);
     }
     virtio_scsi_complete_req(req);
diff --git a/include/hw/scsi/scsi.h b/include/hw/scsi/scsi.h
index e5fc39d504fa50e830656819e1c412b5a40a4598..1adb54906e677a88de3996b40ce0fafea9e8ed45 100644
--- a/include/hw/scsi/scsi.h
+++ b/include/hw/scsi/scsi.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ typedef struct SCSISense {
     uint8_t ascq;
 } SCSISense;
 
+#define SCSI_SENSE_BUF_SIZE_OLD 96
 #define SCSI_SENSE_BUF_SIZE 252
 
 struct SCSICommand {
diff --git a/include/migration/vmstate.h b/include/migration/vmstate.h
index ded8e2302f2fcf5fff78d73f0dfdf3a558b2f11f..e7e170561d1877b7df64c23fd4975e80d01b4cfc 100644
--- a/include/migration/vmstate.h
+++ b/include/migration/vmstate.h
@@ -650,6 +650,9 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_bitmap;
 #define VMSTATE_UINT8_ARRAY(_f, _s, _n)                               \
     VMSTATE_UINT8_ARRAY_V(_f, _s, _n, 0)
 
+#define VMSTATE_UINT8_SUB_ARRAY(_f, _s, _start, _num)                \
+    VMSTATE_SUB_ARRAY(_f, _s, _start, _num, 0, vmstate_info_uint8, uint8_t)
+
 #define VMSTATE_UINT8_2DARRAY(_f, _s, _n1, _n2)                       \
     VMSTATE_UINT8_2DARRAY_V(_f, _s, _n1, _n2, 0)