diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
index 2a999373863eb206927d23e4a8f775cf3c92c053..dda82f37cab3eb8143c533376cbf0e83d80bd3a0 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ static int sbp2_scsi_queuecommand(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, scsi_done_fn_t done)
 	if (scsi_sg_count(cmd) && sbp2_map_scatterlist(orb, device, lu) < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	memcpy(orb->request.command_block, cmd->cmnd, COMMAND_SIZE(*cmd->cmnd));
+	memcpy(orb->request.command_block, cmd->cmnd, cmd->cmd_len);
 
 	orb->base.callback = complete_command_orb;
 	orb->base.request_bus =
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_dbf.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_dbf.c
index 37b85c67b11dcb2404d0f59eafa021d096f47588..c8bad675dbd1717992c6c1db287415fa4e40b933 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_dbf.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_dbf.c
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ static void zfcp_scsi_dbf_event(const char *tag, const char *tag2, int level,
 				rec->scsi_result = scsi_cmnd->result;
 				rec->scsi_cmnd = (unsigned long)scsi_cmnd;
 				rec->scsi_serial = scsi_cmnd->serial_number;
-				memcpy(rec->scsi_opcode, &scsi_cmnd->cmnd,
+				memcpy(rec->scsi_opcode, scsi_cmnd->cmnd,
 					min((int)scsi_cmnd->cmd_len,
 						ZFCP_DBF_SCSI_OPCODE));
 				rec->scsi_retries = scsi_cmnd->retries;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
index 9af2330f07a21c0019b0df6d5495427ae4ba38b3..b2ea4ea051f582009a9dace7d8f6a77109271f0c 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
@@ -4014,7 +4014,7 @@ zfcp_fsf_send_fcp_command_task_handler(struct zfcp_fsf_req *fsf_req)
 		ZFCP_LOG_TRACE("scpnt->result =0x%x, command was:\n",
 			       scpnt->result);
 		ZFCP_HEX_DUMP(ZFCP_LOG_LEVEL_TRACE,
-			      (void *) &scpnt->cmnd, scpnt->cmd_len);
+			      scpnt->cmnd, scpnt->cmd_len);
 
 		ZFCP_LOG_TRACE("%i bytes sense data provided by FCP\n",
 			       fcp_rsp_iu->fcp_sns_len);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/53c700.c b/drivers/scsi/53c700.c
index f4c4fe90240abdbf995d4c2f8afe0ef9b87374b4..f5a9addb7050d243ea1a5ebd71689b565b2d0214 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/53c700.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/53c700.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ NCR_700_scsi_done(struct NCR_700_Host_Parameters *hostdata,
 			(struct NCR_700_command_slot *)SCp->host_scribble;
 		
 		dma_unmap_single(hostdata->dev, slot->pCmd,
-				 sizeof(SCp->cmnd), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+				 MAX_COMMAND_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 		if (slot->flags == NCR_700_FLAG_AUTOSENSE) {
 			char *cmnd = NCR_700_get_sense_cmnd(SCp->device);
 #ifdef NCR_700_DEBUG
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ process_script_interrupt(__u32 dsps, __u32 dsp, struct scsi_cmnd *SCp,
 				 * here */
 				NCR_700_unmap(hostdata, SCp, slot);
 				dma_unmap_single(hostdata->dev, slot->pCmd,
-						 sizeof(SCp->cmnd),
+						 MAX_COMMAND_SIZE,
 						 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 
 				cmnd[0] = REQUEST_SENSE;
@@ -1901,7 +1901,7 @@ NCR_700_queuecommand(struct scsi_cmnd *SCp, void (*done)(struct scsi_cmnd *))
 	}
 	slot->resume_offset = 0;
 	slot->pCmd = dma_map_single(hostdata->dev, SCp->cmnd,
-				    sizeof(SCp->cmnd), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+				    MAX_COMMAND_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	NCR_700_start_command(SCp);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c b/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c
index 792b2e807bf32a6151a38e3c2690e2a33c272f90..ced3eebe252c17164c1b7fe1ab01d82251341f1f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ static void inia100_build_scb(struct orc_host * host, struct orc_scb * scb, stru
 	} else {
 		scb->tag_msg = 0;	/* No tag support               */
 	}
-	memcpy(&scb->cdb[0], &cmd->cmnd, scb->cdb_len);
+	memcpy(scb->cdb, cmd->cmnd, scb->cdb_len);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/gdth.c b/drivers/scsi/gdth.c
index c6d6e7c6559a6664008cbcf9fe75ae106577b476..8e2e964af6689c31c3c7c7c7d85a7a7bd477fe74 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/gdth.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/gdth.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ int __gdth_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, gdth_cmd_str *gdtcmd, char *cmnd,
     scp->request = (struct request *)&wait;
     scp->timeout_per_command = timeout*HZ;
     scp->cmd_len = 12;
-    memcpy(scp->cmnd, cmnd, 12);
+    scp->cmnd = cmnd;
     cmndinfo.priority = IOCTL_PRI;
     cmndinfo.internal_cmd_str = gdtcmd;
     cmndinfo.internal_command = 1;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hptiop.c b/drivers/scsi/hptiop.c
index 5b7be1e9841c23da55fd007390c90bbd237ff79a..aaa48e0c8ed054a231c1c2a3d699371be32f4d41 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hptiop.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hptiop.c
@@ -763,9 +763,9 @@ static int hptiop_queuecommand(struct scsi_cmnd *scp,
 			scp,
 			host->host_no, scp->device->channel,
 			scp->device->id, scp->device->lun,
-			*((u32 *)&scp->cmnd),
-			*((u32 *)&scp->cmnd + 1),
-			*((u32 *)&scp->cmnd + 2),
+			((u32 *)scp->cmnd)[0],
+			((u32 *)scp->cmnd)[1],
+			((u32 *)scp->cmnd)[2],
 			_req->index, _req->req_virt);
 
 	scp->result = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
index 9c77015b7a80f84725c7966e234a3bd505ad35e9..ccfd8aca3765875cf7cf4711aba0aa8bfbb6fb09 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ static int ibmvscsi_queuecommand(struct scsi_cmnd *cmnd,
 	srp_cmd = &evt_struct->iu.srp.cmd;
 	memset(srp_cmd, 0x00, SRP_MAX_IU_LEN);
 	srp_cmd->opcode = SRP_CMD;
-	memcpy(srp_cmd->cdb, cmnd->cmnd, sizeof(cmnd->cmnd));
+	memcpy(srp_cmd->cdb, cmnd->cmnd, sizeof(srp_cmd->cdb));
 	srp_cmd->lun = ((u64) lun) << 48;
 
 	if (!map_data_for_srp_cmd(cmnd, evt_struct, srp_cmd, hostdata->dev)) {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/initio.c b/drivers/scsi/initio.c
index dbae3fdb85065c92819443b0046c3fc81e5785a6..e3f739776bada819eb566bb2f8fcd861b7256519 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/initio.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/initio.c
@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@ static void initio_build_scb(struct initio_host * host, struct scsi_ctrl_blk * c
 	cblk->hastat = 0;
 	cblk->tastat = 0;
 	/* Command the command */
-	memcpy(&cblk->cdb[0], &cmnd->cmnd, cmnd->cmd_len);
+	memcpy(cblk->cdb, cmnd->cmnd, cmnd->cmd_len);
 
 	/* Set up tags */
 	if (cmnd->device->tagged_supported) {	/* Tag Support                  */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c b/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c
index 09ab3eac1c1abe9ac2e571e277cb3e1cfdfd4c8d..fa060932d2b4f632c486d59e4d436f79b1c349bb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c
@@ -2858,7 +2858,7 @@ qla1280_64bit_start_scsi(struct scsi_qla_host *ha, struct srb * sp)
 
 	/* Load SCSI command packet. */
 	pkt->cdb_len = cpu_to_le16(CMD_CDBLEN(cmd));
-	memcpy(pkt->scsi_cdb, &(CMD_CDBP(cmd)), CMD_CDBLEN(cmd));
+	memcpy(pkt->scsi_cdb, CMD_CDBP(cmd), CMD_CDBLEN(cmd));
 	/* dprintk(1, "Build packet for command[0]=0x%x\n",pkt->scsi_cdb[0]); */
 
 	/* Set transfer direction. */
@@ -3127,7 +3127,7 @@ qla1280_32bit_start_scsi(struct scsi_qla_host *ha, struct srb * sp)
 
 	/* Load SCSI command packet. */
 	pkt->cdb_len = cpu_to_le16(CMD_CDBLEN(cmd));
-	memcpy(pkt->scsi_cdb, &(CMD_CDBP(cmd)), CMD_CDBLEN(cmd));
+	memcpy(pkt->scsi_cdb, CMD_CDBP(cmd), CMD_CDBLEN(cmd));
 
 	/*dprintk(1, "Build packet for command[0]=0x%x\n",pkt->scsi_cdb[0]); */
 	/* Set transfer direction. */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index 221f31e36d26e5c4f7bfe88b7abde0b2996c982e..334244c73955050c6388685da38d12dc373770cc 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static void scsi_abort_eh_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
  * @scmd:       SCSI command structure to hijack
  * @ses:        structure to save restore information
  * @cmnd:       CDB to send. Can be NULL if no new cmnd is needed
- * @cmnd_size:  size in bytes of @cmnd
+ * @cmnd_size:  size in bytes of @cmnd (must be <= BLK_MAX_CDB)
  * @sense_bytes: size of sense data to copy. or 0 (if != 0 @cmnd is ignored)
  *
  * This function is used to save a scsi command information before re-execution
@@ -648,12 +648,14 @@ void scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, struct scsi_eh_save *ses,
 	 * command.
 	 */
 	ses->cmd_len = scmd->cmd_len;
-	memcpy(ses->cmnd, scmd->cmnd, sizeof(scmd->cmnd));
+	ses->cmnd = scmd->cmnd;
 	ses->data_direction = scmd->sc_data_direction;
 	ses->sdb = scmd->sdb;
 	ses->next_rq = scmd->request->next_rq;
 	ses->result = scmd->result;
 
+	scmd->cmnd = ses->eh_cmnd;
+	memset(scmd->cmnd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB);
 	memset(&scmd->sdb, 0, sizeof(scmd->sdb));
 	scmd->request->next_rq = NULL;
 
@@ -665,14 +667,13 @@ void scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, struct scsi_eh_save *ses,
 		scmd->sdb.table.sgl = &ses->sense_sgl;
 		scmd->sc_data_direction = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
 		scmd->sdb.table.nents = 1;
-		memset(scmd->cmnd, 0, sizeof(scmd->cmnd));
 		scmd->cmnd[0] = REQUEST_SENSE;
 		scmd->cmnd[4] = scmd->sdb.length;
 		scmd->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(scmd->cmnd[0]);
 	} else {
 		scmd->sc_data_direction = DMA_NONE;
 		if (cmnd) {
-			memset(scmd->cmnd, 0, sizeof(scmd->cmnd));
+			BUG_ON(cmnd_size > BLK_MAX_CDB);
 			memcpy(scmd->cmnd, cmnd, cmnd_size);
 			scmd->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(scmd->cmnd[0]);
 		}
@@ -705,7 +706,7 @@ void scsi_eh_restore_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd* scmd, struct scsi_eh_save *ses)
 	 * Restore original data
 	 */
 	scmd->cmd_len = ses->cmd_len;
-	memcpy(scmd->cmnd, ses->cmnd, sizeof(scmd->cmnd));
+	scmd->cmnd = ses->cmnd;
 	scmd->sc_data_direction = ses->data_direction;
 	scmd->sdb = ses->sdb;
 	scmd->request->next_rq = ses->next_rq;
@@ -1774,8 +1775,8 @@ scsi_reset_provider(struct scsi_device *dev, int flag)
 	scmd->request = &req;
 	memset(&scmd->eh_timeout, 0, sizeof(scmd->eh_timeout));
 
-	memset(&scmd->cmnd, '\0', sizeof(scmd->cmnd));
-    
+	scmd->cmnd = req.cmd;
+
 	scmd->scsi_done		= scsi_reset_provider_done_command;
 	memset(&scmd->sdb, 0, sizeof(scmd->sdb));
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 67f412bb4974b91783009fb3404c4a589bb6f6c8..325270b520e173ddc92527fe379c0c9791a560fb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -1090,6 +1090,8 @@ static struct scsi_cmnd *scsi_get_cmd_from_req(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 	cmd->tag = req->tag;
 	cmd->request = req;
 
+	cmd->cmnd = req->cmd;
+
 	return cmd;
 }
 
@@ -1127,8 +1129,6 @@ int scsi_setup_blk_pc_cmnd(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct request *req)
 		req->buffer = NULL;
 	}
 
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(req->cmd) > sizeof(cmd->cmnd));
-	memcpy(cmd->cmnd, req->cmd, sizeof(cmd->cmnd));
 	cmd->cmd_len = req->cmd_len;
 	if (!req->data_len)
 		cmd->sc_data_direction = DMA_NONE;
@@ -1165,6 +1165,7 @@ int scsi_setup_fs_cmnd(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct request *req)
 	if (unlikely(!cmd))
 		return BLKPREP_DEFER;
 
+	memset(cmd->cmnd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB);
 	return scsi_init_io(cmd, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_setup_fs_cmnd);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
index ee8496aa0336682eedc40879dfca871d6551ff3c..257e097c39afe708e2e5a4286948e0de246c5c92 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ struct scsi_cmnd *scsi_host_get_command(struct Scsi_Host *shost,
 	cmd->jiffies_at_alloc = jiffies;
 	cmd->request = rq;
 
+	cmd->cmnd = rq->cmd;
+
 	rq->special = cmd;
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
 	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/cypress_atacb.c b/drivers/usb/storage/cypress_atacb.c
index d88824b3511c0de74a320a0be30554052d374f7f..898e67d30e563bfc4b8a11cf1715cee5a1edec56 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/cypress_atacb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/cypress_atacb.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void cypress_atacb_passthrough(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, struct us_data *us)
 	}
 
 	memcpy(save_cmnd, srb->cmnd, sizeof(save_cmnd));
-	memset(srb->cmnd, 0, sizeof(srb->cmnd));
+	memset(srb->cmnd, 0, MAX_COMMAND_SIZE);
 
 	/* check if we support the command */
 	if (save_cmnd[1] >> 5) /* MULTIPLE_COUNT */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
index 971d13dd5e65a55e9256c932d63bc6b0a0caa1e4..3addcd8f827bd3d17463dbc67395c072cfae4d81 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ struct isd200_info {
 
 	/* maximum number of LUNs supported */
 	unsigned char MaxLUNs;
+	unsigned char cmnd[BLK_MAX_CDB];
 	struct scsi_cmnd srb;
 	struct scatterlist sg;
 };
@@ -450,6 +451,7 @@ static int isd200_action( struct us_data *us, int action,
 
 	memset(&ata, 0, sizeof(ata));
 	memset(&srb_dev, 0, sizeof(srb_dev));
+	srb->cmnd = info->cmnd;
 	srb->device = &srb_dev;
 	++srb->serial_number;
 
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
index 8d20e60a94b7e18b25f8d1c44d393635cd892211..7ed883c8e48a0c63b02f4562628a171ab644ebd5 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
@@ -7,10 +7,28 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 
 struct Scsi_Host;
 struct scsi_device;
 
+/*
+ * MAX_COMMAND_SIZE is:
+ * The longest fixed-length SCSI CDB as per the SCSI standard.
+ * fixed-length means: commands that their size can be determined
+ * by their opcode and the CDB does not carry a length specifier, (unlike
+ * the VARIABLE_LENGTH_CMD(0x7f) command). This is actually not exactly
+ * true and the SCSI standard also defines extended commands and
+ * vendor specific commands that can be bigger than 16 bytes. The kernel
+ * will support these using the same infrastructure used for VARLEN CDB's.
+ * So in effect MAX_COMMAND_SIZE means the maximum size command scsi-ml
+ * supports without specifying a cmd_len by ULD's
+ */
+#define MAX_COMMAND_SIZE 16
+#if (MAX_COMMAND_SIZE > BLK_MAX_CDB)
+# error MAX_COMMAND_SIZE can not be bigger than BLK_MAX_CDB
+#endif
+
 struct scsi_data_buffer {
 	struct sg_table table;
 	unsigned length;
@@ -64,8 +82,7 @@ struct scsi_cmnd {
 	enum dma_data_direction sc_data_direction;
 
 	/* These elements define the operation we are about to perform */
-#define MAX_COMMAND_SIZE	16
-	unsigned char cmnd[MAX_COMMAND_SIZE];
+	unsigned char *cmnd;
 
 	struct timer_list eh_timeout;	/* Used to time out the command. */
 
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h b/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h
index d3a133b4a072bf2104a0204d29084be7b79bd186..2a9add21267d7fddfc4f443b6d5f475eba65b31e 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ struct scsi_eh_save {
 	int result;
 	enum dma_data_direction data_direction;
 	unsigned char cmd_len;
-	unsigned char cmnd[MAX_COMMAND_SIZE];
+	unsigned char *cmnd;
 	struct scsi_data_buffer sdb;
 	struct request *next_rq;
-
 	/* new command support */
+	unsigned char eh_cmnd[BLK_MAX_CDB];
 	struct scatterlist sense_sgl;
 };