}
 
        scsi_destroy_command_freelist(shost);
+       scsi_destroy_command_sense_buffer(shost);
        if (shost->bqt)
                blk_free_tags(shost->bqt);
 
        else
                shost->dma_boundary = 0xffffffff;
 
-       rval = scsi_setup_command_freelist(shost);
+       rval = scsi_setup_command_sense_buffer(shost);
        if (rval)
                goto fail_kfree;
 
+       rval = scsi_setup_command_freelist(shost);
+       if (rval)
+               goto fail_destroy_sense;
+
        device_initialize(&shost->shost_gendev);
        snprintf(shost->shost_gendev.bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE, "host%d",
                shost->host_no);
 
  fail_destroy_freelist:
        scsi_destroy_command_freelist(shost);
+ fail_destroy_sense:
+       scsi_destroy_command_sense_buffer(shost);
  fail_kfree:
        kfree(shost);
        return NULL;
 
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(host_cmd_pool_mutex);
 
+static struct kmem_cache *sense_buffer_slab;
+static int sense_buffer_slab_users;
+
 /**
  * __scsi_get_command - Allocate a struct scsi_cmnd
  * @shost: host to transmit command
 struct scsi_cmnd *__scsi_get_command(struct Scsi_Host *shost, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
        struct scsi_cmnd *cmd;
+       unsigned char *buf;
 
        cmd = kmem_cache_alloc(shost->cmd_pool->slab,
                        gfp_mask | shost->cmd_pool->gfp_mask);
                        list_del_init(&cmd->list);
                }
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&shost->free_list_lock, flags);
+
+               if (cmd) {
+                       buf = cmd->sense_buffer;
+                       memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(*cmd));
+                       cmd->sense_buffer = buf;
+               }
+       } else {
+               buf = kmem_cache_alloc(sense_buffer_slab, __GFP_DMA|gfp_mask);
+               if (likely(buf)) {
+                       memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(*cmd));
+                       cmd->sense_buffer = buf;
+               } else {
+                       kmem_cache_free(shost->cmd_pool->slab, cmd);
+                       cmd = NULL;
+               }
        }
 
        return cmd;
        if (likely(cmd != NULL)) {
                unsigned long flags;
 
-               memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(*cmd));
                cmd->device = dev;
                init_timer(&cmd->eh_timeout);
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cmd->list);
        }
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&shost->free_list_lock, flags);
 
-       if (likely(cmd != NULL))
+       if (likely(cmd != NULL)) {
+               kmem_cache_free(sense_buffer_slab, cmd->sense_buffer);
                kmem_cache_free(shost->cmd_pool->slab, cmd);
+       }
 
        put_device(dev);
 }
 {
        struct scsi_host_cmd_pool *pool;
        struct scsi_cmnd *cmd;
+       unsigned char *sense_buffer;
 
        spin_lock_init(&shost->free_list_lock);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&shost->free_list);
                        GFP_KERNEL | shost->cmd_pool->gfp_mask);
        if (!cmd)
                goto fail2;
+
+       sense_buffer = kmem_cache_alloc(sense_buffer_slab,
+                                       GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_DMA);
+       if (!sense_buffer)
+               goto destroy_backup;
+
+       cmd->sense_buffer = sense_buffer;
        list_add(&cmd->list, &shost->free_list);
        return 0;
 
+destroy_backup:
+       kmem_cache_free(shost->cmd_pool->slab, cmd);
  fail2:
        mutex_lock(&host_cmd_pool_mutex);
        if (!--pool->users)
 
                cmd = list_entry(shost->free_list.next, struct scsi_cmnd, list);
                list_del_init(&cmd->list);
+               kmem_cache_free(sense_buffer_slab, cmd->sense_buffer);
                kmem_cache_free(shost->cmd_pool->slab, cmd);
        }
 
        mutex_unlock(&host_cmd_pool_mutex);
 }
 
+int scsi_setup_command_sense_buffer(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
+{
+       mutex_lock(&host_cmd_pool_mutex);
+       if (!sense_buffer_slab_users) {
+               sense_buffer_slab = kmem_cache_create("scsi_sense_buffer",
+                                                     SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE,
+                                                     0, SLAB_CACHE_DMA, NULL);
+               if (!sense_buffer_slab) {
+                       mutex_unlock(&host_cmd_pool_mutex);
+                       return -ENOMEM;
+               }
+       }
+       sense_buffer_slab_users++;
+       mutex_unlock(&host_cmd_pool_mutex);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+void scsi_destroy_command_sense_buffer(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
+{
+       mutex_lock(&host_cmd_pool_mutex);
+       if (!--sense_buffer_slab_users)
+               kmem_cache_destroy(sense_buffer_slab);
+       mutex_unlock(&host_cmd_pool_mutex);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING
 void scsi_log_send(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 {