{
        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);
 
 
        /* 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;
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->dev_node);
 
        *isci_request = request;
+       isci_request_change_state(request, allocated);
 
        return ret;
 }
 
        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