{
        struct st_request *SRpnt;
        unsigned char cmd[MAX_COMMAND_SIZE];
+       int ret;
 
        cmd[0] = SPACE;
        cmd[1] = 0x01;          /* Space FileMarks */
         DEBC(printk(ST_DEB_MSG "%s: Stepping over filemark %s.\n",
                   tape_name(STp), forward ? "forward" : "backward"));
 
-       SRpnt = st_do_scsi(NULL, STp, cmd, 0, DMA_NONE,
-                          STp->device->request_queue->rq_timeout,
-                          MAX_RETRIES, 1);
+       SRpnt = st_allocate_request(STp);
        if (!SRpnt)
-               return (STp->buffer)->syscall_result;
+               return STp->buffer->syscall_result;
 
-       st_release_request(SRpnt);
-       SRpnt = NULL;
+       ret = st_scsi_kern_execute(SRpnt, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0,
+                                  STp->device->request_queue->rq_timeout,
+                                  MAX_RETRIES);
+       if (ret)
+               goto out;
+
+       ret = STp->buffer->syscall_result;
 
        if ((STp->buffer)->cmdstat.midlevel_result != 0)
                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Stepping over filemark %s failed.\n",
                   tape_name(STp), forward ? "forward" : "backward");
 
-       return (STp->buffer)->syscall_result;
+out:
+       st_release_request(SRpnt);
+
+       return ret;
 }