diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/remote_device.c b/drivers/scsi/isci/remote_device.c
index 936f22957e5b677ecfb1ff52ec68ad502e3e0b2e..dec9033d674d2447b5420d1f5ef16df06f120d7e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/remote_device.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/remote_device.c
@@ -686,12 +686,6 @@ void isci_remote_device_change_state(
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	dev_dbg(&isci_device->isci_port->isci_host->pdev->dev,
-		"%s: isci_device = %p, state = 0x%x",
-		__func__,
-		isci_device,
-		status);
-
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&isci_device->state_lock, flags);
 	isci_device->status = status;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&isci_device->state_lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/request.c b/drivers/scsi/isci/request.c
index f7ba047d64ced0aca82166972c1b41c4dac17034..81a77335fdb366da6c55f8ff9877bf88d3b3dfd9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/request.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/request.c
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ static int isci_request_alloc_core(
 
 	/* initialize the request object.	*/
 	spin_lock_init(&request->state_lock);
-	isci_request_change_state(request, allocated);
 	request->sci_request_mem_ptr = ((u8 *)request) +
 				       sizeof(struct isci_request);
 	request->request_daddr = handle;
@@ -302,6 +301,7 @@ static int isci_request_alloc_core(
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->dev_node);
 
 	*isci_request = request;
+	isci_request_change_state(request, allocated);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1389,8 +1389,8 @@ u32 isci_request_ssp_io_request_get_lun(
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 8; i++)
 		dev_dbg(&request->isci_host->pdev->dev,
-			"%s: request->task->ssp_task.LUN[%d] = %x\n",
-			__func__, i, request->task->ssp_task.LUN[i]);
+			"%s: task->ssp_task.LUN[%d] = %x\n",
+			__func__, i, task->ssp_task.LUN[i]);
 
 #endif