static void wd719x_destroy(struct wd719x *wd)
 {
-       struct wd719x_scb *scb;
-
        /* stop the RISC */
        if (wd719x_direct_cmd(wd, WD719X_CMD_SLEEP, 0, 0, 0, 0,
                              WD719X_WAIT_FOR_RISC))
 
        WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&wd->active_scbs));
 
-       /* free all SCBs */
-       list_for_each_entry(scb, &wd->free_scbs, list)
-               pci_free_consistent(wd->pdev, sizeof(struct wd719x_scb), scb,
-                                   scb->phys);
        /* free internal buffers */
        pci_free_consistent(wd->pdev, wd->fw_size, wd->fw_virt, wd->fw_phys);
        wd->fw_virt = NULL;
        free_irq(wd->pdev->irq, wd);
 }
 
-/* finish a SCSI command, mark SCB (if any) as free, unmap buffers */
-static void wd719x_finish_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, int result)
+/* finish a SCSI command, unmap buffers */
+static void wd719x_finish_cmd(struct wd719x_scb *scb, int result)
 {
+       struct scsi_cmnd *cmd = scb->cmd;
        struct wd719x *wd = shost_priv(cmd->device->host);
-       struct wd719x_scb *scb = (struct wd719x_scb *) cmd->host_scribble;
 
-       if (scb) {
-               list_move(&scb->list, &wd->free_scbs);
-               dma_unmap_single(&wd->pdev->dev, cmd->SCp.dma_handle,
-                                SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
-               scsi_dma_unmap(cmd);
-       }
+       list_del(&scb->list);
+
+       dma_unmap_single(&wd->pdev->dev, scb->phys,
+                       sizeof(struct wd719x_scb), DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
+       scsi_dma_unmap(cmd);
+       dma_unmap_single(&wd->pdev->dev, cmd->SCp.dma_handle,
+                        SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+
        cmd->result = result << 16;
        cmd->scsi_done(cmd);
 }
 {
        int i, count_sg;
        unsigned long flags;
-       struct wd719x_scb *scb;
+       struct wd719x_scb *scb = scsi_cmd_priv(cmd);
        struct wd719x *wd = shost_priv(sh);
-       dma_addr_t phys;
-
-       cmd->host_scribble = NULL;
-
-       /* get a free SCB - either from existing ones or allocate a new one */
-       spin_lock_irqsave(wd->sh->host_lock, flags);
-       scb = list_first_entry_or_null(&wd->free_scbs, struct wd719x_scb, list);
-       if (scb) {
-               list_del(&scb->list);
-               phys = scb->phys;
-       } else {
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(wd->sh->host_lock, flags);
-               scb = pci_alloc_consistent(wd->pdev, sizeof(struct wd719x_scb),
-                                          &phys);
-               spin_lock_irqsave(wd->sh->host_lock, flags);
-               if (!scb) {
-                       dev_err(&wd->pdev->dev, "unable to allocate SCB\n");
-                       wd719x_finish_cmd(cmd, DID_ERROR);
-                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(wd->sh->host_lock, flags);
-                       return 0;
-               }
-       }
-       memset(scb, 0, sizeof(struct wd719x_scb));
-       list_add(&scb->list, &wd->active_scbs);
 
-       scb->phys = phys;
        scb->cmd = cmd;
-       cmd->host_scribble = (char *) scb;
 
        scb->CDB_tag = 0;       /* Tagged queueing not supported yet */
        scb->devid = cmd->device->id;
        /* copy the command */
        memcpy(scb->CDB, cmd->cmnd, cmd->cmd_len);
 
+       /* map SCB */
+       scb->phys = dma_map_single(&wd->pdev->dev, scb, sizeof(*scb),
+                                  DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
+
+       if (dma_mapping_error(&wd->pdev->dev, scb->phys))
+               goto out_error;
+
        /* map sense buffer */
        scb->sense_buf_length = SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE;
        cmd->SCp.dma_handle = dma_map_single(&wd->pdev->dev, cmd->sense_buffer,
                        SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+       if (dma_mapping_error(&wd->pdev->dev, cmd->SCp.dma_handle))
+               goto out_unmap_scb;
        scb->sense_buf = cpu_to_le32(cmd->SCp.dma_handle);
 
        /* request autosense */
 
        /* Scather/gather */
        count_sg = scsi_dma_map(cmd);
-       if (count_sg < 0) {
-               wd719x_finish_cmd(cmd, DID_ERROR);
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(wd->sh->host_lock, flags);
-               return 0;
-       }
+       if (count_sg < 0)
+               goto out_unmap_sense;
        BUG_ON(count_sg > WD719X_SG);
 
        if (count_sg) {
                scb->data_p = 0;
        }
 
+       spin_lock_irqsave(wd->sh->host_lock, flags);
+
        /* check if the Command register is free */
        if (wd719x_readb(wd, WD719X_AMR_COMMAND) != WD719X_CMD_READY) {
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(wd->sh->host_lock, flags);
                return SCSI_MLQUEUE_HOST_BUSY;
        }
 
+       list_add(&scb->list, &wd->active_scbs);
+
        /* write pointer to the AMR */
        wd719x_writel(wd, WD719X_AMR_SCB_IN, scb->phys);
        /* send SCB opcode */
        wd719x_writeb(wd, WD719X_AMR_COMMAND, WD719X_CMD_PROCESS_SCB);
 
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(wd->sh->host_lock, flags);
+       return 0;
 
+out_unmap_sense:
+       dma_unmap_single(&wd->pdev->dev, cmd->SCp.dma_handle,
+                        SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+out_unmap_scb:
+       dma_unmap_single(&wd->pdev->dev, scb->phys, sizeof(*scb),
+                        DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
+out_error:
+       cmd->result = DID_ERROR << 16;
+       cmd->scsi_done(cmd);
        return 0;
 }
 
 {
        int action, result;
        unsigned long flags;
-       struct wd719x_scb *scb = (struct wd719x_scb *)cmd->host_scribble;
+       struct wd719x_scb *scb = scsi_cmd_priv(cmd);
        struct wd719x *wd = shost_priv(cmd->device->host);
 
        dev_info(&wd->pdev->dev, "abort command, tag: %x\n", cmd->tag);
                result = FAILED;
 
        /* flush all SCBs */
-       list_for_each_entry_safe(scb, tmp, &wd->active_scbs, list) {
-               struct scsi_cmnd *tmp_cmd = scb->cmd;
-               wd719x_finish_cmd(tmp_cmd, result);
-       }
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(scb, tmp, &wd->active_scbs, list)
+               wd719x_finish_cmd(scb, result);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(wd->sh->host_lock, flags);
 
        return result;
                                        union wd719x_regs regs,
                                        struct wd719x_scb *scb)
 {
-       struct scsi_cmnd *cmd;
        int result;
 
        /* now have to find result from card */
                result = DID_ERROR;
                break;
        }
-       cmd = scb->cmd;
 
-       wd719x_finish_cmd(cmd, result);
+       wd719x_finish_cmd(scb, result);
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t wd719x_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
        int ret;
 
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wd->active_scbs);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wd->free_scbs);
 
        sh->base = pci_resource_start(wd->pdev, 0);
 
 static struct scsi_host_template wd719x_template = {
        .module                         = THIS_MODULE,
        .name                           = "Western Digital 719x",
+       .cmd_size                       = sizeof(struct wd719x_scb),
        .queuecommand                   = wd719x_queuecommand,
        .eh_abort_handler               = wd719x_abort,
        .eh_device_reset_handler        = wd719x_dev_reset,