diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_init.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_init.c
index 0edc9857a8bd..abb884ddcaf9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_init.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static void pm8001_free(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha)
 	}
 	PM8001_CHIP_DISP->chip_iounmap(pm8001_ha);
 	flush_workqueue(pm8001_wq);
-	bitmap_free(pm8001_ha->tags);
+	bitmap_free(pm8001_ha->rsvd_tags);
 	kfree(pm8001_ha);
 }
 
@@ -1208,18 +1208,15 @@ static int pm8001_init_ccb_tag(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha)
 	struct Scsi_Host *shost = pm8001_ha->shost;
 	struct device *dev = pm8001_ha->dev;
 	u32 max_out_io, ccb_count;
-	u32 can_queue;
 	int i;
 
 	max_out_io = pm8001_ha->main_cfg_tbl.pm80xx_tbl.max_out_io;
 	ccb_count = min_t(int, PM8001_MAX_CCB, max_out_io);
 
-	/* Update to the scsi host*/
-	can_queue = ccb_count - PM8001_RESERVE_SLOT;
-	shost->can_queue = can_queue;
+	shost->can_queue = ccb_count - PM8001_RESERVE_SLOT;
 
-	pm8001_ha->tags = bitmap_zalloc(ccb_count, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pm8001_ha->tags)
+	pm8001_ha->rsvd_tags = bitmap_zalloc(PM8001_RESERVE_SLOT, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pm8001_ha->rsvd_tags)
 		goto err_out;
 
 	/* Memory region for ccb_info*/
@@ -1244,7 +1241,6 @@ static int pm8001_init_ccb_tag(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha)
 		pm8001_ha->ccb_info[i].task = NULL;
 		pm8001_ha->ccb_info[i].ccb_tag = PM8001_INVALID_TAG;
 		pm8001_ha->ccb_info[i].device = NULL;
-		++pm8001_ha->tags_num;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c
index 066dfa9f4683..d60bc311a4e9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.c
@@ -65,9 +65,14 @@ static int pm8001_find_tag(struct sas_task *task, u32 *tag)
   */
 void pm8001_tag_free(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha, u32 tag)
 {
-	void *bitmap = pm8001_ha->tags;
+	void *bitmap = pm8001_ha->rsvd_tags;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	if (tag < pm8001_ha->shost->can_queue)
+		return;
+
+	tag -= pm8001_ha->shost->can_queue;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&pm8001_ha->bitmap_lock, flags);
 	__clear_bit(tag, bitmap);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pm8001_ha->bitmap_lock, flags);
@@ -80,18 +85,21 @@ void pm8001_tag_free(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha, u32 tag)
   */
 int pm8001_tag_alloc(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha, u32 *tag_out)
 {
-	void *bitmap = pm8001_ha->tags;
+	void *bitmap = pm8001_ha->rsvd_tags;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int tag;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&pm8001_ha->bitmap_lock, flags);
-	tag = find_first_zero_bit(bitmap, pm8001_ha->tags_num);
-	if (tag >= pm8001_ha->tags_num) {
+	tag = find_first_zero_bit(bitmap, PM8001_RESERVE_SLOT);
+	if (tag >= PM8001_RESERVE_SLOT) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pm8001_ha->bitmap_lock, flags);
 		return -SAS_QUEUE_FULL;
 	}
 	__set_bit(tag, bitmap);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pm8001_ha->bitmap_lock, flags);
+
+	/* reserved tags are in the upper region of the tagset */
+	tag += pm8001_ha->shost->can_queue;
 	*tag_out = tag;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.h b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.h
index 9acaadf02150..ba32b009f412 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.h
@@ -510,8 +510,7 @@ struct pm8001_hba_info {
 	u32			chip_id;
 	const struct pm8001_chip_info	*chip;
 	struct completion	*nvmd_completion;
-	int			tags_num;
-	unsigned long		*tags;
+	unsigned long		*rsvd_tags;
 	struct pm8001_phy	phy[PM8001_MAX_PHYS];
 	struct pm8001_port	port[PM8001_MAX_PHYS];
 	u32			id;
@@ -737,9 +736,15 @@ pm8001_ccb_alloc(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha,
 		 struct pm8001_device *dev, struct sas_task *task)
 {
 	struct pm8001_ccb_info *ccb;
+	struct request *rq = NULL;
 	u32 tag;
 
-	if (pm8001_tag_alloc(pm8001_ha, &tag)) {
+	if (task)
+		rq = sas_task_find_rq(task);
+
+	if (rq) {
+		tag = rq->tag;
+	} else if (pm8001_tag_alloc(pm8001_ha, &tag)) {
 		pm8001_dbg(pm8001_ha, FAIL, "Failed to allocate a tag\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
index 4484c498bcb6..ed2d65d3749a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
@@ -4247,24 +4247,13 @@ static int check_enc_sat_cmd(struct sas_task *task)
 
 static u32 pm80xx_chip_get_q_index(struct sas_task *task)
 {
-	struct scsi_cmnd *scmd = NULL;
+	struct request *rq = sas_task_find_rq(task);
 	u32 blk_tag;
 
-	if (task->uldd_task) {
-		struct ata_queued_cmd *qc;
-
-		if (dev_is_sata(task->dev)) {
-			qc = task->uldd_task;
-			scmd = qc->scsicmd;
-		} else {
-			scmd = task->uldd_task;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (!scmd)
+	if (!rq)
 		return 0;
 
-	blk_tag = blk_mq_unique_tag(scsi_cmd_to_rq(scmd));
+	blk_tag = blk_mq_unique_tag(rq);
 	return blk_mq_unique_tag_to_hwq(blk_tag);
 }
 
