diff --git a/drivers/scsi/osst.c b/drivers/scsi/osst.c
index 13f908cb067..acb835837ee 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/osst.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/osst.c
@@ -317,18 +317,25 @@ static int osst_chk_result(struct osst_tape * STp, struct osst_request * SRpnt)
 
 
 /* Wakeup from interrupt */
-static void osst_sleep_done(void *data, char *sense, int result, int resid)
+static void osst_end_async(struct request *req, int update)
 {
-	struct osst_request *SRpnt = data;
+	struct osst_request *SRpnt = req->end_io_data;
 	struct osst_tape *STp = SRpnt->stp;
+	struct rq_map_data *mdata = &SRpnt->stp->buffer->map_data;
 
-	memcpy(SRpnt->sense, sense, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
-	STp->buffer->cmdstat.midlevel_result = SRpnt->result = result;
+	STp->buffer->cmdstat.midlevel_result = SRpnt->result = req->errors;
 #if DEBUG
 	STp->write_pending = 0;
 #endif
 	if (SRpnt->waiting)
 		complete(SRpnt->waiting);
+
+	if (SRpnt->bio) {
+		kfree(mdata->pages);
+		blk_rq_unmap_user(SRpnt->bio);
+	}
+
+	__blk_put_request(req->q, req);
 }
 
 /* osst_request memory management */
@@ -342,6 +349,74 @@ static void osst_release_request(struct osst_request *streq)
 	kfree(streq);
 }
 
+static int osst_execute(struct osst_request *SRpnt, const unsigned char *cmd,
+			int cmd_len, int data_direction, void *buffer, unsigned bufflen,
+			int use_sg, int timeout, int retries)
+{
+	struct request *req;
+	struct page **pages = NULL;
+	struct rq_map_data *mdata = &SRpnt->stp->buffer->map_data;
+
+	int err = 0;
+	int write = (data_direction == DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+
+	req = blk_get_request(SRpnt->stp->device->request_queue, write, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!req)
+		return DRIVER_ERROR << 24;
+
+	req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
+	req->cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
+
+	SRpnt->bio = NULL;
+
+	if (use_sg) {
+		struct scatterlist *sg, *sgl = (struct scatterlist *)buffer;
+		int i;
+
+		pages = kzalloc(use_sg * sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!pages)
+			goto free_req;
+
+		for_each_sg(sgl, sg, use_sg, i)
+			pages[i] = sg_page(sg);
+
+		mdata->null_mapped = 1;
+
+		mdata->page_order = get_order(sgl[0].length);
+		mdata->nr_entries =
+			DIV_ROUND_UP(bufflen, PAGE_SIZE << mdata->page_order);
+		mdata->offset = 0;
+
+		err = blk_rq_map_user(req->q, req, mdata, NULL, bufflen, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (err) {
+			kfree(pages);
+			goto free_req;
+		}
+		SRpnt->bio = req->bio;
+		mdata->pages = pages;
+
+	} else if (bufflen) {
+		err = blk_rq_map_kern(req->q, req, buffer, bufflen, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (err)
+			goto free_req;
+	}
+
+	req->cmd_len = cmd_len;
+	memset(req->cmd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB); /* ATAPI hates garbage after CDB */
+	memcpy(req->cmd, cmd, req->cmd_len);
+	req->sense = SRpnt->sense;
+	req->sense_len = 0;
+	req->timeout = timeout;
+	req->retries = retries;
+	req->end_io_data = SRpnt;
+
+	blk_execute_rq_nowait(req->q, NULL, req, 1, osst_end_async);
+	return 0;
+free_req:
+	blk_put_request(req);
+	return DRIVER_ERROR << 24;
+}
+
 /* Do the scsi command. Waits until command performed if do_wait is true.
    Otherwise osst_write_behind_check() is used to check that the command
    has finished. */
@@ -403,8 +478,8 @@ static	struct osst_request * osst_do_scsi(struct osst_request *SRpnt, struct oss
 	STp->buffer->cmdstat.have_sense = 0;
 	STp->buffer->syscall_result = 0;
 
-	if (scsi_execute_async(STp->device, cmd, COMMAND_SIZE(cmd[0]), direction, bp, bytes,
-			use_sg, timeout, retries, SRpnt, osst_sleep_done, GFP_KERNEL))
+	if (osst_execute(SRpnt, cmd, COMMAND_SIZE(cmd[0]), direction, bp, bytes,
+			 use_sg, timeout, retries))
 		/* could not allocate the buffer or request was too large */
 		(STp->buffer)->syscall_result = (-EBUSY);
 	else if (do_wait) {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/osst.h b/drivers/scsi/osst.h
index 5aa22740b5d..11d26c57f3f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/osst.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/osst.h
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ struct osst_buffer {
   int syscall_result;
   struct osst_request *last_SRpnt;
   struct st_cmdstatus cmdstat;
+  struct rq_map_data map_data;
   unsigned char *b_data;
   os_aux_t *aux;               /* onstream AUX structure at end of each block     */
   unsigned short use_sg;       /* zero or number of s/g segments for this adapter */
@@ -634,6 +635,7 @@ struct osst_request {
 	int result;
 	struct osst_tape *stp;
 	struct completion *waiting;
+	struct bio *bio;
 };
 
 /* Values of write_type */