scb_t   *scb;
        int     rval;
 
+       scmd = scsi_allocate_command(GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!scmd)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
        /*
         * The internal commands share one command id and hence are
         * serialized. This is so because we want to reserve maximum number of
        scb = &adapter->int_scb;
        memset(scb, 0, sizeof(scb_t));
 
-       scmd = &adapter->int_scmd;
-       memset(scmd, 0, sizeof(Scsi_Cmnd));
-
        sdev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct scsi_device), GFP_KERNEL);
        scmd->device = sdev;
 
+       memset(adapter->int_cdb, 0, sizeof(adapter->int_cdb));
+       scmd->cmnd = adapter->int_cdb;
        scmd->device->host = adapter->host;
        scmd->host_scribble = (void *)scb;
        scmd->cmnd[0] = MEGA_INTERNAL_CMD;
 
        mutex_unlock(&adapter->int_mtx);
 
+       scsi_free_command(GFP_KERNEL, scmd);
+
        return rval;
 }
 
 
 
        u8      sglen;  /* f/w supported scatter-gather list length */
 
+       unsigned char int_cdb[MAX_COMMAND_SIZE];
        scb_t                   int_scb;
-       Scsi_Cmnd               int_scmd;
        struct mutex            int_mtx;        /* To synchronize the internal
                                                commands */
        struct completion       int_waitq;      /* wait queue for internal