diff --git a/block/scsi_ioctl.c b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
index a19338e6215da1b20a48c4861453ac8230b01536..e55a756214375577ffa942dbc239fe79e87985fe 100644
--- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -286,9 +286,8 @@ static int sg_io(struct file *file, request_queue_t *q,
 	 * fill in request structure
 	 */
 	rq->cmd_len = hdr->cmd_len;
+	memset(rq->cmd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB); /* ATAPI hates garbage after CDB */
 	memcpy(rq->cmd, cmd, hdr->cmd_len);
-	if (sizeof(rq->cmd) != hdr->cmd_len)
-		memset(rq->cmd + hdr->cmd_len, 0, sizeof(rq->cmd) - hdr->cmd_len);
 
 	memset(sense, 0, sizeof(sense));
 	rq->sense = sense;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index d2c02df12fdcb8b6b072a7a7e57500b21263a3d6..3ac4890ce086cfab2ff6519c1f9858760b764de5 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ int scsi_execute_async(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
 		goto free_req;
 
 	req->cmd_len = cmd_len;
+	memset(req->cmd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB); /* ATAPI hates garbage after CDB */
 	memcpy(req->cmd, cmd, req->cmd_len);
 	req->sense = sioc->sense;
 	req->sense_len = 0;