struct scsi_device *SDev;
        struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
        int result, err = 0, retries = 0;
+       unsigned char sense_buffer[SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE], *senseptr = NULL;
 
        SDev = cd->device;
 
+       if (cgc->sense)
+               senseptr = sense_buffer;
+
       retry:
        if (!scsi_block_when_processing_errors(SDev)) {
                err = -ENODEV;
        }
 
        result = scsi_execute(SDev, cgc->cmd, cgc->data_direction,
-                             cgc->buffer, cgc->buflen,
-                             (unsigned char *)cgc->sense, &sshdr,
+                             cgc->buffer, cgc->buflen, senseptr, &sshdr,
                              cgc->timeout, IOCTL_RETRIES, 0, 0, NULL);
 
+       if (cgc->sense)
+               memcpy(cgc->sense, sense_buffer, sizeof(*cgc->sense));
+
        /* Minimal error checking.  Ignore cases we know about, and report the rest. */
        if (driver_byte(result) != 0) {
                switch (sshdr.sense_key) {