diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 47d3cdd..94d82cb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -1039,9 +1039,6 @@
 	printk(KERN_ERR "req nr_sec %lu, cur_nr_sec %u\n", req->nr_sectors,
 			req->current_nr_sectors);
 
-	/* release the command and kill it */
-	scsi_release_buffers(cmd);
-	scsi_put_command(cmd);
 	return BLKPREP_KILL;
 }
 
@@ -1078,9 +1075,13 @@
 	scsi_io_completion(cmd, cmd->request_bufflen);
 }
 
-static int scsi_setup_blk_pc_cmnd(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct request *req)
+int scsi_setup_blk_pc_cmnd(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct request *req)
 {
 	struct scsi_cmnd *cmd;
+	int ret = scsi_prep_state_check(sdev, req);
+
+	if (ret != BLKPREP_OK)
+		return ret;
 
 	cmd = scsi_get_cmd_from_req(sdev, req);
 	if (unlikely(!cmd))
@@ -1126,18 +1127,20 @@
 	cmd->done = scsi_blk_pc_done;
 	return BLKPREP_OK;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_setup_blk_pc_cmnd);
 
 /*
  * Setup a REQ_TYPE_FS command.  These are simple read/write request
  * from filesystems that still need to be translated to SCSI CDBs from
  * the ULD.
  */
-static int scsi_setup_fs_cmnd(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct request *req)
+int scsi_setup_fs_cmnd(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct request *req)
 {
 	struct scsi_cmnd *cmd;
-	struct scsi_driver *drv;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = scsi_prep_state_check(sdev, req);
 
+	if (ret != BLKPREP_OK)
+		return ret;
 	/*
 	 * Filesystem requests must transfer data.
 	 */
@@ -1147,26 +1150,12 @@
 	if (unlikely(!cmd))
 		return BLKPREP_DEFER;
 
-	ret = scsi_init_io(cmd);
-	if (unlikely(ret))
-		return ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * Initialize the actual SCSI command for this request.
-	 */
-	drv = *(struct scsi_driver **)req->rq_disk->private_data;
-	if (unlikely(!drv->init_command(cmd))) {
-		scsi_release_buffers(cmd);
-		scsi_put_command(cmd);
-		return BLKPREP_KILL;
-	}
-
-	return BLKPREP_OK;
+	return scsi_init_io(cmd);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_setup_fs_cmnd);
 
-static int scsi_prep_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
+int scsi_prep_state_check(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct request *req)
 {
-	struct scsi_device *sdev = q->queuedata;
 	int ret = BLKPREP_OK;
 
 	/*
@@ -1212,35 +1201,25 @@
 				ret = BLKPREP_KILL;
 			break;
 		}
-
-		if (ret != BLKPREP_OK)
-			goto out;
 	}
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_prep_state_check);
 
-	switch (req->cmd_type) {
-	case REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC:
-		ret = scsi_setup_blk_pc_cmnd(sdev, req);
-		break;
-	case REQ_TYPE_FS:
-		ret = scsi_setup_fs_cmnd(sdev, req);
-		break;
-	default:
-		/*
-		 * All other command types are not supported.
-		 *
-		 * Note that these days the SCSI subsystem does not use
-		 * REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL requests anymore.  These are only used
-		 * (directly or via blk_insert_request) by non-SCSI drivers.
-		 */
-		blk_dump_rq_flags(req, "SCSI bad req");
-		ret = BLKPREP_KILL;
-		break;
-	}
+int scsi_prep_return(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req, int ret)
+{
+	struct scsi_device *sdev = q->queuedata;
 
- out:
 	switch (ret) {
 	case BLKPREP_KILL:
 		req->errors = DID_NO_CONNECT << 16;
+		/* release the command and kill it */
+		if (req->special) {
+			struct scsi_cmnd *cmd = req->special;
+			scsi_release_buffers(cmd);
+			scsi_put_command(cmd);
+			req->special = NULL;
+		}
 		break;
 	case BLKPREP_DEFER:
 		/*
@@ -1257,6 +1236,17 @@
 
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_prep_return);
+
+static int scsi_prep_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
+{
+	struct scsi_device *sdev = q->queuedata;
+	int ret = BLKPREP_KILL;
+
+	if (req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC)
+		ret = scsi_setup_blk_pc_cmnd(sdev, req);
+	return scsi_prep_return(q, req, ret);
+}
 
 /*
  * scsi_dev_queue_ready: if we can send requests to sdev, return 1 else