diff --git a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
index fc05493..d4727b3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@
 			set_driver_byte(sc, DRIVER_SENSE);
 	}
 
-	mempool_free(cmd, virtscsi_cmd_pool);
 	sc->scsi_done(sc);
 
 	atomic_dec(&tgt->reqs);
@@ -242,8 +241,6 @@
 
 	if (cmd->comp)
 		complete_all(cmd->comp);
-	else
-		mempool_free(cmd, virtscsi_cmd_pool);
 }
 
 static void virtscsi_ctrl_done(struct virtqueue *vq)
@@ -459,10 +456,9 @@
 				 struct virtio_scsi_vq *req_vq,
 				 struct scsi_cmnd *sc)
 {
-	struct virtio_scsi_cmd *cmd;
-	int ret;
-
 	struct Scsi_Host *shost = virtio_scsi_host(vscsi->vdev);
+	struct virtio_scsi_cmd *cmd = scsi_cmd_priv(sc);
+
 	BUG_ON(scsi_sg_count(sc) > shost->sg_tablesize);
 
 	/* TODO: check feature bit and fail if unsupported?  */
@@ -471,11 +467,6 @@
 	dev_dbg(&sc->device->sdev_gendev,
 		"cmd %p CDB: %#02x\n", sc, sc->cmnd[0]);
 
-	ret = SCSI_MLQUEUE_HOST_BUSY;
-	cmd = mempool_alloc(virtscsi_cmd_pool, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!cmd)
-		goto out;
-
 	memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(*cmd));
 	cmd->sc = sc;
 	cmd->req.cmd = (struct virtio_scsi_cmd_req){
@@ -494,13 +485,9 @@
 
 	if (virtscsi_kick_cmd(req_vq, cmd,
 			      sizeof cmd->req.cmd, sizeof cmd->resp.cmd,
-			      GFP_ATOMIC) == 0)
-		ret = 0;
-	else
-		mempool_free(cmd, virtscsi_cmd_pool);
-
-out:
-	return ret;
+			      GFP_ATOMIC) != 0)
+		return SCSI_MLQUEUE_HOST_BUSY;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int virtscsi_queuecommand_single(struct Scsi_Host *sh,
@@ -642,6 +629,7 @@
 	.name = "Virtio SCSI HBA",
 	.proc_name = "virtio_scsi",
 	.this_id = -1,
+	.cmd_size = sizeof(struct virtio_scsi_cmd),
 	.queuecommand = virtscsi_queuecommand_single,
 	.eh_abort_handler = virtscsi_abort,
 	.eh_device_reset_handler = virtscsi_device_reset,
@@ -658,6 +646,7 @@
 	.name = "Virtio SCSI HBA",
 	.proc_name = "virtio_scsi",
 	.this_id = -1,
+	.cmd_size = sizeof(struct virtio_scsi_cmd),
 	.queuecommand = virtscsi_queuecommand_multi,
 	.eh_abort_handler = virtscsi_abort,
 	.eh_device_reset_handler = virtscsi_device_reset,