diff --git a/block/scsi_ioctl.c b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
index 1d78e6cf9d61..5dd477bfb4bc 100644
--- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -456,6 +456,11 @@ int sg_scsi_ioctl(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode,
 	}
 
 	rq = blk_get_request(q, in_len ? WRITE : READ, __GFP_WAIT);
+	if (!rq) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error;
+	}
+	blk_rq_set_block_pc(rq);
 
 	cmdlen = COMMAND_SIZE(opcode);
 
@@ -509,7 +514,6 @@ int sg_scsi_ioctl(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode,
 	memset(sense, 0, sizeof(sense));
 	rq->sense = sense;
 	rq->sense_len = 0;
-	blk_rq_set_block_pc(rq);
 
 	blk_execute_rq(q, disk, rq, 0);
 
@@ -529,7 +533,8 @@ out:
 	
 error:
 	kfree(buffer);
-	blk_put_request(rq);
+	if (rq)
+		blk_put_request(rq);
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sg_scsi_ioctl);