diff --git a/block/scsi_ioctl.c b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
index a5ffcc9..625e3e4 100644
--- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -286,7 +286,8 @@
 		struct sg_io_hdr *hdr, fmode_t mode)
 {
 	unsigned long start_time;
-	int writing = 0, ret = 0;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
+	int writing = 0;
 	struct request *rq;
 	char sense[SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE];
 	struct bio *bio;
@@ -321,37 +322,16 @@
 	}
 
 	if (hdr->iovec_count) {
-		const int size = sizeof(struct sg_iovec) * hdr->iovec_count;
 		size_t iov_data_len;
-		struct sg_iovec *sg_iov;
 		struct iovec *iov;
-		int i;
 
-		sg_iov = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!sg_iov) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
+		ret = rw_copy_check_uvector(-1, hdr->dxferp, hdr->iovec_count,
+					    0, NULL, &iov);
+		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out;
-		}
 
-		if (copy_from_user(sg_iov, hdr->dxferp, size)) {
-			kfree(sg_iov);
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Sum up the vecs, making sure they don't overflow
-		 */
-		iov = (struct iovec *) sg_iov;
-		iov_data_len = 0;
-		for (i = 0; i < hdr->iovec_count; i++) {
-			if (iov_data_len + iov[i].iov_len < iov_data_len) {
-				kfree(sg_iov);
-				ret = -EINVAL;
-				goto out;
-			}
-			iov_data_len += iov[i].iov_len;
-		}
+		iov_data_len = ret;
+		ret = 0;
 
 		/* SG_IO howto says that the shorter of the two wins */
 		if (hdr->dxfer_len < iov_data_len) {
@@ -361,9 +341,10 @@
 			iov_data_len = hdr->dxfer_len;
 		}
 
-		ret = blk_rq_map_user_iov(q, rq, NULL, sg_iov, hdr->iovec_count,
+		ret = blk_rq_map_user_iov(q, rq, NULL, (struct sg_iovec *) iov,
+					  hdr->iovec_count,
 					  iov_data_len, GFP_KERNEL);
-		kfree(sg_iov);
+		kfree(iov);
 	} else if (hdr->dxfer_len)
 		ret = blk_rq_map_user(q, rq, NULL, hdr->dxferp, hdr->dxfer_len,
 				      GFP_KERNEL);