}
 
 static inline void
-ufshcd_prepare_req_desc_hdr_crypto(struct ufshcd_lrb *lrbp, u32 *dword_0,
-                                  u32 *dword_1, u32 *dword_3)
+ufshcd_prepare_req_desc_hdr_crypto(struct ufshcd_lrb *lrbp,
+                                  struct request_desc_header *h)
 {
-       if (lrbp->crypto_key_slot >= 0) {
-               *dword_0 |= UTP_REQ_DESC_CRYPTO_ENABLE_CMD;
-               *dword_0 |= lrbp->crypto_key_slot;
-               *dword_1 = lower_32_bits(lrbp->data_unit_num);
-               *dword_3 = upper_32_bits(lrbp->data_unit_num);
-       }
+       if (lrbp->crypto_key_slot < 0)
+               return;
+       h->enable_crypto = 1;
+       h->cci = lrbp->crypto_key_slot;
+       h->dunl = cpu_to_le32(lower_32_bits(lrbp->data_unit_num));
+       h->dunu = cpu_to_le32(upper_32_bits(lrbp->data_unit_num));
 }
 
 bool ufshcd_crypto_enable(struct ufs_hba *hba);
                                              struct ufshcd_lrb *lrbp) { }
 
 static inline void
-ufshcd_prepare_req_desc_hdr_crypto(struct ufshcd_lrb *lrbp, u32 *dword_0,
-                                  u32 *dword_1, u32 *dword_3) { }
+ufshcd_prepare_req_desc_hdr_crypto(struct ufshcd_lrb *lrbp,
+                                  struct request_desc_header *h) { }
 
 static inline bool ufshcd_crypto_enable(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 {
 
        if (cqe)
                return le32_to_cpu(cqe->status) & MASK_OCS;
 
-       return le32_to_cpu(lrbp->utr_descriptor_ptr->header.dword_2) & MASK_OCS;
+       return lrbp->utr_descriptor_ptr->header.ocs & MASK_OCS;
 }
 
 /**
                                        enum dma_data_direction cmd_dir, int ehs_length)
 {
        struct utp_transfer_req_desc *req_desc = lrbp->utr_descriptor_ptr;
-       u32 data_direction;
-       u32 dword_0;
-       u32 dword_1 = 0;
-       u32 dword_3 = 0;
+       struct request_desc_header *h = &req_desc->header;
+       enum utp_data_direction data_direction;
+
+       *h = (typeof(*h)){ };
 
        if (cmd_dir == DMA_FROM_DEVICE) {
                data_direction = UTP_DEVICE_TO_HOST;
                *upiu_flags = UPIU_CMD_FLAGS_NONE;
        }
 
-       dword_0 = data_direction | (lrbp->command_type << UPIU_COMMAND_TYPE_OFFSET) |
-               ehs_length << 8;
+       h->command_type = lrbp->command_type;
+       h->data_direction = data_direction;
+       h->ehs_length = ehs_length;
+
        if (lrbp->intr_cmd)
-               dword_0 |= UTP_REQ_DESC_INT_CMD;
+               h->interrupt = 1;
 
        /* Prepare crypto related dwords */
-       ufshcd_prepare_req_desc_hdr_crypto(lrbp, &dword_0, &dword_1, &dword_3);
+       ufshcd_prepare_req_desc_hdr_crypto(lrbp, h);
 
-       /* Transfer request descriptor header fields */
-       req_desc->header.dword_0 = cpu_to_le32(dword_0);
-       req_desc->header.dword_1 = cpu_to_le32(dword_1);
        /*
         * assigning invalid value for command status. Controller
         * updates OCS on command completion, with the command
         * status
         */
-       req_desc->header.dword_2 =
-               cpu_to_le32(OCS_INVALID_COMMAND_STATUS);
-       req_desc->header.dword_3 = cpu_to_le32(dword_3);
+       h->ocs = OCS_INVALID_COMMAND_STATUS;
 
        req_desc->prd_table_length = 0;
 }
                if (hba->dev_cmd.complete) {
                        if (cqe) {
                                ocs = le32_to_cpu(cqe->status) & MASK_OCS;
-                               lrbp->utr_descriptor_ptr->header.dword_2 =
-                                       cpu_to_le32(ocs);
+                               lrbp->utr_descriptor_ptr->header.ocs = ocs;
                        }
                        complete(hba->dev_cmd.complete);
                        ufshcd_clk_scaling_update_busy(hba);
        int err;
 
        /* Configure task request descriptor */
-       treq.header.dword_0 = cpu_to_le32(UTP_REQ_DESC_INT_CMD);
-       treq.header.dword_2 = cpu_to_le32(OCS_INVALID_COMMAND_STATUS);
+       treq.header.interrupt = 1;
+       treq.header.ocs = OCS_INVALID_COMMAND_STATUS;
 
        /* Configure task request UPIU */
        treq.upiu_req.req_header.dword_0 = cpu_to_be32(lun_id << 8) |
        if (err == -ETIMEDOUT)
                return err;
 
-       ocs_value = le32_to_cpu(treq.header.dword_2) & MASK_OCS;
+       ocs_value = treq.header.ocs & MASK_OCS;
        if (ocs_value != OCS_SUCCESS)
                dev_err(hba->dev, "%s: failed, ocs = 0x%x\n",
                                __func__, ocs_value);
 
                break;
        case UPIU_TRANSACTION_TASK_REQ:
-               treq.header.dword_0 = cpu_to_le32(UTP_REQ_DESC_INT_CMD);
-               treq.header.dword_2 = cpu_to_le32(OCS_INVALID_COMMAND_STATUS);
+               treq.header.interrupt = 1;
+               treq.header.ocs = OCS_INVALID_COMMAND_STATUS;
 
                memcpy(&treq.upiu_req, req_upiu, sizeof(*req_upiu));
 
                if (err == -ETIMEDOUT)
                        break;
 
-               ocs_value = le32_to_cpu(treq.header.dword_2) & MASK_OCS;
+               ocs_value = treq.header.ocs & MASK_OCS;
                if (ocs_value != OCS_SUCCESS) {
                        dev_err(hba->dev, "%s: failed, ocs = 0x%x\n", __func__,
                                ocs_value);
        SET_RUNTIME_PM_OPS(ufshcd_wl_runtime_suspend, ufshcd_wl_runtime_resume, NULL)
 };
 
+static void ufshcd_check_header_layout(void)
+{
+       BUILD_BUG_ON(((u8 *)&(struct request_desc_header){
+                               .cci = 3})[0] != 3);
+
+       BUILD_BUG_ON(((u8 *)&(struct request_desc_header){
+                               .ehs_length = 2})[1] != 2);
+
+       BUILD_BUG_ON(((u8 *)&(struct request_desc_header){
+                               .enable_crypto = 1})[2]
+                    != 0x80);
+
+       BUILD_BUG_ON((((u8 *)&(struct request_desc_header){
+                                       .command_type = 5,
+                                       .data_direction = 3,
+                                       .interrupt = 1,
+                               })[3]) != ((5 << 4) | (3 << 1) | 1));
+
+       BUILD_BUG_ON(((__le32 *)&(struct request_desc_header){
+                               .dunl = cpu_to_le32(0xdeadbeef)})[1] !=
+               cpu_to_le32(0xdeadbeef));
+
+       BUILD_BUG_ON(((u8 *)&(struct request_desc_header){
+                               .ocs = 4})[8] != 4);
+
+       BUILD_BUG_ON(((u8 *)&(struct request_desc_header){
+                               .cds = 5})[9] != 5);
+
+       BUILD_BUG_ON(((__le32 *)&(struct request_desc_header){
+                               .dunu = cpu_to_le32(0xbadcafe)})[3] !=
+               cpu_to_le32(0xbadcafe));
+}
+
 /*
  * ufs_dev_wlun_template - describes ufs device wlun
  * ufs-device wlun - used to send pm commands
 {
        int ret;
 
+       ufshcd_check_header_layout();
+
        ufs_debugfs_init();
 
        ret = scsi_register_driver(&ufs_dev_wlun_template.gendrv);
 
 };
 
 #define SQ_ICU_ERR_CODE_MASK           GENMASK(7, 4)
-#define UPIU_COMMAND_TYPE_MASK         GENMASK(31, 28)
 #define UFS_MASK(mask, offset)         ((mask) << (offset))
 
 /* UFS Version 08h */
        UTP_SCSI_COMMAND                = 0x00000000,
        UTP_NATIVE_UFS_COMMAND          = 0x10000000,
        UTP_DEVICE_MANAGEMENT_FUNCTION  = 0x20000000,
-       UTP_REQ_DESC_INT_CMD            = 0x01000000,
-       UTP_REQ_DESC_CRYPTO_ENABLE_CMD  = 0x00800000,
 };
 
 /* UTP Transfer Request Data Direction (DD) */
-enum {
-       UTP_NO_DATA_TRANSFER    = 0x00000000,
-       UTP_HOST_TO_DEVICE      = 0x02000000,
-       UTP_DEVICE_TO_HOST      = 0x04000000,
+enum utp_data_direction {
+       UTP_NO_DATA_TRANSFER    = 0,
+       UTP_HOST_TO_DEVICE      = 1,
+       UTP_DEVICE_TO_HOST      = 2,
 };
 
 /* Overall command status values */
 
 /**
  * struct request_desc_header - Descriptor Header common to both UTRD and UTMRD
- * @dword0: Descriptor Header DW0
- * @dword1: Descriptor Header DW1
- * @dword2: Descriptor Header DW2
- * @dword3: Descriptor Header DW3
  */
 struct request_desc_header {
-       __le32 dword_0;
-       __le32 dword_1;
-       __le32 dword_2;
-       __le32 dword_3;
-};
+       u8 cci;
+       u8 ehs_length;
+#if defined(__BIG_ENDIAN)
+       u8 enable_crypto:1;
+       u8 reserved2:7;
+
+       u8 command_type:4;
+       u8 reserved1:1;
+       u8 data_direction:2;
+       u8 interrupt:1;
+#elif defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+       u8 reserved2:7;
+       u8 enable_crypto:1;
+
+       u8 interrupt:1;
+       u8 data_direction:2;
+       u8 reserved1:1;
+       u8 command_type:4;
+#else
+#error
+#endif
+
+       __le32 dunl;
+       u8 ocs;
+       u8 cds;
+       __le16 ldbc;
+       __le32 dunu;
+};
+
+static_assert(sizeof(struct request_desc_header) == 16);
 
 /**
  * struct utp_transfer_req_desc - UTP Transfer Request Descriptor (UTRD)