diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 246ebed1cee4..fde02484c54a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -174,6 +174,13 @@ struct sg_device { /* holds the state of each scsi generic device */
 	struct kref d_ref;
 };
 
+struct sg_comm_wr_t {  /* arguments to sg_common_write() */
+	int timeout;
+	int blocking;
+	struct sg_request *srp;
+	u8 *cmnd;
+};
+
 /* tasklet or soft irq callback */
 static void sg_rq_end_io(struct request *rq, blk_status_t status);
 /* Declarations of other static functions used before they are defined */
@@ -186,8 +193,7 @@ static ssize_t sg_submit(struct sg_fd *sfp, struct file *filp,
 			 const char __user *buf, size_t count, bool blocking,
 			 bool read_only, bool sg_io_owned,
 			 struct sg_request **o_srp);
-static int sg_common_write(struct sg_fd *sfp, struct sg_request *srp,
-			   u8 *cmnd, int timeout, int blocking);
+static int sg_common_write(struct sg_fd *sfp, struct sg_comm_wr_t *cwp);
 static int sg_read_append(struct sg_request *srp, void __user *outp,
 			  int num_xfer);
 static void sg_remove_scat(struct sg_fd *sfp, struct sg_scatter_hold *schp);
@@ -487,6 +493,7 @@ sg_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *p, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 	struct sg_io_hdr v3hdr;
 	struct sg_header *ohp = &ov2hdr;
 	struct sg_io_hdr *h3p = &v3hdr;
+	struct sg_comm_wr_t cwr;
 	u8 cmnd[SG_MAX_CDB_SIZE];
 
 	res = sg_check_file_access(filp, __func__);
@@ -590,7 +597,11 @@ sg_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *p, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 				   input_size, (unsigned int) cmnd[0],
 				   current->comm);
 	}
-	res = sg_common_write(sfp, srp, cmnd, sfp->timeout, blocking);
+	cwr.timeout = sfp->timeout;
+	cwr.blocking = blocking;
+	cwr.srp = srp;
+	cwr.cmnd = cmnd;
+	res = sg_common_write(sfp, &cwr);
 	return (res < 0) ? res : count;
 }
 
@@ -613,6 +624,7 @@ sg_submit(struct sg_fd *sfp, struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 	int k;
 	struct sg_request *srp;
 	struct sg_io_hdr *hp;
+	struct sg_comm_wr_t cwr;
 	u8 cmnd[SG_MAX_CDB_SIZE];
 	int timeout;
 	unsigned long ul_timeout;
@@ -663,23 +675,28 @@ sg_submit(struct sg_fd *sfp, struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 		sg_remove_request(sfp, srp);
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
-	k = sg_common_write(sfp, srp, cmnd, timeout, blocking);
+	cwr.timeout = timeout;
+	cwr.blocking = blocking;
+	cwr.srp = srp;
+	cwr.cmnd = cmnd;
+	k = sg_common_write(sfp, &cwr);
 	if (k < 0)
 		return k;
 	if (o_srp)
-		*o_srp = srp;
+		*o_srp = cwr.srp;
 	return count;
 }
 
 static int
-sg_common_write(struct sg_fd *sfp, struct sg_request *srp,
-		u8 *cmnd, int timeout, int blocking)
+sg_common_write(struct sg_fd *sfp, struct sg_comm_wr_t *cwrp)
 {
-	int k, at_head;
+	bool at_head;
+	int k;
 	struct sg_device *sdp = sfp->parentdp;
+	struct sg_request *srp = cwrp->srp;
 	struct sg_io_hdr *hp = &srp->header;
 
-	srp->data.cmd_opcode = cmnd[0];	/* hold opcode of command */
+	srp->data.cmd_opcode = cwrp->cmnd[0];	/* hold opcode of command */
 	hp->status = 0;
 	hp->masked_status = 0;
 	hp->msg_status = 0;
@@ -688,14 +705,14 @@ sg_common_write(struct sg_fd *sfp, struct sg_request *srp,
 	hp->driver_status = 0;
 	hp->resid = 0;
 	SG_LOG(4, sfp, "%s:  opcode=0x%02x, cmd_sz=%d\n", __func__,
-	       (int)cmnd[0], hp->cmd_len);
+	       (int)cwrp->cmnd[0], hp->cmd_len);
 
 	if (hp->dxfer_len >= SZ_256M) {
 		sg_remove_request(sfp, srp);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	k = sg_start_req(srp, cmnd);
+	k = sg_start_req(srp, cwrp->cmnd);
 	if (k) {
 		SG_LOG(1, sfp, "%s: start_req err=%d\n", __func__, k);
 		sg_finish_scsi_blk_rq(srp);
@@ -717,13 +734,13 @@ sg_common_write(struct sg_fd *sfp, struct sg_request *srp,
 	hp->duration = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies);
 	if (hp->interface_id != '\0' &&	/* v3 (or later) interface */
 	    (SG_FLAG_Q_AT_TAIL & hp->flags))
-		at_head = 0;
+		at_head = false;
 	else
-		at_head = 1;
+		at_head = true;
 
-	if (!blocking)
+	if (!srp->sg_io_owned)
 		atomic_inc(&sfp->submitted);
-	srp->rq->timeout = timeout;
+	srp->rq->timeout = cwrp->timeout;
 	kref_get(&sfp->f_ref); /* sg_rq_end_io() does kref_put(). */
 	blk_execute_rq_nowait(sdp->disk, srp->rq, at_head, sg_rq_end_io);
 	return 0;
