diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
index d81bb076a15a..d297f64cd432 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ typedef struct idescsi_pc_s {
 	u8 *buffer;				/* Data buffer */
 	u8 *current_position;			/* Pointer into the above buffer */
 	struct scatterlist *sg;			/* Scatter gather table */
+	struct scatterlist *last_sg;		/* Last sg element */
 	int b_count;				/* Bytes transferred from current entry */
 	struct scsi_cmnd *scsi_cmd;		/* SCSI command */
 	void (*done)(struct scsi_cmnd *);	/* Scsi completion routine */
@@ -173,12 +174,6 @@ static void idescsi_input_buffers (ide_drive_t *drive, idescsi_pc_t *pc, unsigne
 	char *buf;
 
 	while (bcount) {
-		if (pc->sg - scsi_sglist(pc->scsi_cmd) >
-		                                 scsi_sg_count(pc->scsi_cmd)) {
-			printk (KERN_ERR "ide-scsi: scatter gather table too small, discarding data\n");
-			idescsi_discard_data (drive, bcount);
-			return;
-		}
 		count = min(pc->sg->length - pc->b_count, bcount);
 		if (PageHighMem(pc->sg->page)) {
 			unsigned long flags;
@@ -197,10 +192,17 @@ static void idescsi_input_buffers (ide_drive_t *drive, idescsi_pc_t *pc, unsigne
 		}
 		bcount -= count; pc->b_count += count;
 		if (pc->b_count == pc->sg->length) {
-			pc->sg++;
+			if (pc->sg == pc->last_sg)
+				break;
+			pc->sg = sg_next(pc->sg);
 			pc->b_count = 0;
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (bcount) {
+		printk (KERN_ERR "ide-scsi: scatter gather table too small, discarding data\n");
+		idescsi_discard_data (drive, bcount);
+	}
 }
 
 static void idescsi_output_buffers (ide_drive_t *drive, idescsi_pc_t *pc, unsigned int bcount)
@@ -209,12 +211,6 @@ static void idescsi_output_buffers (ide_drive_t *drive, idescsi_pc_t *pc, unsign
 	char *buf;
 
 	while (bcount) {
-		if (pc->sg - scsi_sglist(pc->scsi_cmd) >
-		                                 scsi_sg_count(pc->scsi_cmd)) {
-			printk (KERN_ERR "ide-scsi: scatter gather table too small, padding with zeros\n");
-			idescsi_output_zeros (drive, bcount);
-			return;
-		}
 		count = min(pc->sg->length - pc->b_count, bcount);
 		if (PageHighMem(pc->sg->page)) {
 			unsigned long flags;
@@ -233,10 +229,17 @@ static void idescsi_output_buffers (ide_drive_t *drive, idescsi_pc_t *pc, unsign
 		}
 		bcount -= count; pc->b_count += count;
 		if (pc->b_count == pc->sg->length) {
-			pc->sg++;
+			if (pc->sg == pc->last_sg)
+				break;
+			pc->sg = sg_next(pc->sg);
 			pc->b_count = 0;
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (bcount) {
+		printk (KERN_ERR "ide-scsi: scatter gather table too small, padding with zeros\n");
+		idescsi_output_zeros (drive, bcount);
+	}
 }
 
 static void hexdump(u8 *x, int len)
@@ -804,6 +807,7 @@ static int idescsi_queue (struct scsi_cmnd *cmd,
 	memcpy (pc->c, cmd->cmnd, cmd->cmd_len);
 	pc->buffer = NULL;
 	pc->sg = scsi_sglist(cmd);
+	pc->last_sg = sg_last(pc->sg, cmd->use_sg);
 	pc->b_count = 0;
 	pc->request_transfer = pc->buffer_size = scsi_bufflen(cmd);
 	pc->scsi_cmd = cmd;