diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index 435781a16875..46336084b1a9 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -3684,12 +3684,13 @@ static unsigned int ata_scsi_mode_select_xlat(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 {
 	struct scsi_cmnd *scmd = qc->scsicmd;
 	const u8 *cdb = scmd->cmnd;
-	const u8 *p;
 	u8 pg, spg;
 	unsigned six_byte, pg_len, hdr_len, bd_len;
 	int len;
 	u16 fp = (u16)-1;
 	u8 bp = 0xff;
+	u8 buffer[64];
+	const u8 *p = buffer;
 
 	VPRINTK("ENTER\n");
 
@@ -3723,12 +3724,14 @@ static unsigned int ata_scsi_mode_select_xlat(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	if (!scsi_sg_count(scmd) || scsi_sglist(scmd)->length < len)
 		goto invalid_param_len;
 
-	p = page_address(sg_page(scsi_sglist(scmd)));
-
 	/* Move past header and block descriptors.  */
 	if (len < hdr_len)
 		goto invalid_param_len;
 
+	if (!sg_copy_to_buffer(scsi_sglist(scmd), scsi_sg_count(scmd),
+			       buffer, sizeof(buffer)))
+		goto invalid_param_len;
+
 	if (six_byte)
 		bd_len = p[3];
 	else