struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
        u8 *cmd_buf = NULL;
        u8 *scsi_cmd = NULL;
-       u8 *sense_buf = NULL;
        int rc = 0;
        int result = 0;
        int retry_cnt = 0;
 retry:
        cmd_buf = kzalloc(CMD_BUFSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
        scsi_cmd = kzalloc(MAX_COMMAND_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-       sense_buf = kzalloc(SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (unlikely(!cmd_buf || !scsi_cmd || !sense_buf)) {
+       if (unlikely(!cmd_buf || !scsi_cmd)) {
                rc = -ENOMEM;
                goto out;
        }
        /* Drop the ioctl read semahpore across lengthy call */
        up_read(&cfg->ioctl_rwsem);
        result = scsi_execute(sdev, scsi_cmd, DMA_FROM_DEVICE, cmd_buf,
-                             CMD_BUFSIZE, sense_buf, &sshdr, to, CMD_RETRIES,
+                             CMD_BUFSIZE, NULL, &sshdr, to, CMD_RETRIES,
                              0, 0, NULL);
        down_read(&cfg->ioctl_rwsem);
        rc = check_state(cfg);
                                        if (retry_cnt++ < 1) {
                                                kfree(cmd_buf);
                                                kfree(scsi_cmd);
-                                               kfree(sense_buf);
                                                goto retry;
                                        }
                                }
 out:
        kfree(cmd_buf);
        kfree(scsi_cmd);
-       kfree(sense_buf);
 
        dev_dbg(dev, "%s: maxlba=%lld blklen=%d rc=%d\n",
                __func__, gli->max_lba, gli->blk_len, rc);
 
 {
        u8 *cmd_buf = NULL;
        u8 *scsi_cmd = NULL;
-       u8 *sense_buf = NULL;
        int rc = 0;
        int result = 0;
        u64 offset = lba;
 
        cmd_buf = kzalloc(CMD_BUFSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
        scsi_cmd = kzalloc(MAX_COMMAND_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-       sense_buf = kzalloc(SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (unlikely(!cmd_buf || !scsi_cmd || !sense_buf)) {
+       if (unlikely(!cmd_buf || !scsi_cmd)) {
                rc = -ENOMEM;
                goto out;
        }
                /* Drop the ioctl read semahpore across lengthy call */
                up_read(&cfg->ioctl_rwsem);
                result = scsi_execute(sdev, scsi_cmd, DMA_TO_DEVICE, cmd_buf,
-                                     CMD_BUFSIZE, sense_buf, NULL, to,
+                                     CMD_BUFSIZE, NULL, NULL, to,
                                      CMD_RETRIES, 0, 0, NULL);
                down_read(&cfg->ioctl_rwsem);
                rc = check_state(cfg);
 out:
        kfree(cmd_buf);
        kfree(scsi_cmd);
-       kfree(sense_buf);
        dev_dbg(dev, "%s: returning rc=%d\n", __func__, rc);
        return rc;
 }