diff --git a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_scsi.c
index 55db02521221e7281b2cadb3e0c65f1c975f01de..9aafe0002ab12cc4c76880673aef9d79212d77a1 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_scsi.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ csio_scsi_fcp_cmnd(struct csio_ioreq *req, void *addr)
 	struct scsi_cmnd *scmnd = csio_scsi_cmnd(req);
 
 	/* Check for Task Management */
-	if (likely(scmnd->SCp.Message == 0)) {
+	if (likely(csio_priv(scmnd)->fc_tm_flags == 0)) {
 		int_to_scsilun(scmnd->device->lun, &fcp_cmnd->fc_lun);
 		fcp_cmnd->fc_tm_flags = 0;
 		fcp_cmnd->fc_cmdref = 0;
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ csio_scsi_fcp_cmnd(struct csio_ioreq *req, void *addr)
 	} else {
 		memset(fcp_cmnd, 0, sizeof(*fcp_cmnd));
 		int_to_scsilun(scmnd->device->lun, &fcp_cmnd->fc_lun);
-		fcp_cmnd->fc_tm_flags = (uint8_t)scmnd->SCp.Message;
+		fcp_cmnd->fc_tm_flags = csio_priv(scmnd)->fc_tm_flags;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ csio_queuecommand(struct Scsi_Host *host, struct scsi_cmnd *cmnd)
 
 	/* Needed during abort */
 	cmnd->host_scribble = (unsigned char *)ioreq;
-	cmnd->SCp.Message = 0;
+	csio_priv(cmnd)->fc_tm_flags = 0;
 
 	/* Kick off SCSI IO SM on the ioreq */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&hw->lock, flags);
@@ -2026,7 +2026,7 @@ csio_tm_cbfn(struct csio_hw *hw, struct csio_ioreq *req)
 		      req, req->wr_status);
 
 	/* Cache FW return status */
-	cmnd->SCp.Status = req->wr_status;
+	csio_priv(cmnd)->wr_status = req->wr_status;
 
 	/* Special handling based on FCP response */
 
@@ -2049,7 +2049,7 @@ csio_tm_cbfn(struct csio_hw *hw, struct csio_ioreq *req)
 		/* Modify return status if flags indicate success */
 		if (flags & FCP_RSP_LEN_VAL)
 			if (rsp_info->rsp_code == FCP_TMF_CMPL)
-				cmnd->SCp.Status = FW_SUCCESS;
+				csio_priv(cmnd)->wr_status = FW_SUCCESS;
 
 		csio_dbg(hw, "TM FCP rsp code: %d\n", rsp_info->rsp_code);
 	}
@@ -2125,9 +2125,9 @@ csio_eh_lun_reset_handler(struct scsi_cmnd *cmnd)
 
 	csio_scsi_cmnd(ioreq)	= cmnd;
 	cmnd->host_scribble	= (unsigned char *)ioreq;
-	cmnd->SCp.Status	= 0;
+	csio_priv(cmnd)->wr_status = 0;
 
-	cmnd->SCp.Message	= FCP_TMF_LUN_RESET;
+	csio_priv(cmnd)->fc_tm_flags = FCP_TMF_LUN_RESET;
 	ioreq->tmo		= CSIO_SCSI_LUNRST_TMO_MS / 1000;
 
 	/*
@@ -2178,9 +2178,10 @@ csio_eh_lun_reset_handler(struct scsi_cmnd *cmnd)
 	}
 
 	/* LUN reset returned, check cached status */
-	if (cmnd->SCp.Status != FW_SUCCESS) {
+	if (csio_priv(cmnd)->wr_status != FW_SUCCESS) {
 		csio_err(hw, "LUN reset failed (%d:%llu), status: %d\n",
-			 cmnd->device->id, cmnd->device->lun, cmnd->SCp.Status);
+			 cmnd->device->id, cmnd->device->lun,
+			 csio_priv(cmnd)->wr_status);
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
@@ -2271,6 +2272,7 @@ struct scsi_host_template csio_fcoe_shost_template = {
 	.name			= CSIO_DRV_DESC,
 	.proc_name		= KBUILD_MODNAME,
 	.queuecommand		= csio_queuecommand,
+	.cmd_size		= sizeof(struct csio_cmd_priv),
 	.eh_timed_out		= fc_eh_timed_out,
 	.eh_abort_handler	= csio_eh_abort_handler,
 	.eh_device_reset_handler = csio_eh_lun_reset_handler,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_scsi.h b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_scsi.h
index 2257c3dcf724843f520624aace59f6aca1e5c8db..39dda3c88f0d459c534a6a1aff74480450259543 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_scsi.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_scsi.h
@@ -188,6 +188,16 @@ struct csio_scsi_level_data {
 	uint64_t		oslun;
 };
 
+struct csio_cmd_priv {
+	uint8_t fc_tm_flags;	/* task management flags */
+	uint16_t wr_status;
+};
+
+static inline struct csio_cmd_priv *csio_priv(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
+{
+	return scsi_cmd_priv(cmd);
+}
+
 static inline struct csio_ioreq *
 csio_get_scsi_ioreq(struct csio_scsim *scm)
 {