diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_debugfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_debugfs.c
index 01f08c03f2c1..c3765d29fd3f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_debugfs.c
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ void scsi_show_rq(struct seq_file *m, struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct scsi_cmnd *cmd = container_of(scsi_req(rq), typeof(*cmd), req);
 	int msecs = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - cmd->jiffies_at_alloc);
-	char buf[80];
+	const u8 *const cdb = READ_ONCE(cmd->cmnd);
+	char buf[80] = "(?)";
 
-	__scsi_format_command(buf, sizeof(buf), cmd->cmnd, cmd->cmd_len);
+	if (cdb)
+		__scsi_format_command(buf, sizeof(buf), cdb, cmd->cmd_len);
 	seq_printf(m, ", .cmd=%s, .retries=%d, allocated %d.%03d s ago", buf,
 		   cmd->retries, msecs / 1000, msecs % 1000);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index d175c5c5ccf8..d841743b2107 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -1284,6 +1284,7 @@ static int sd_init_command(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 static void sd_uninit_command(struct scsi_cmnd *SCpnt)
 {
 	struct request *rq = SCpnt->request;
+	u8 *cmnd;
 
 	if (SCpnt->flags & SCMD_ZONE_WRITE_LOCK)
 		sd_zbc_write_unlock_zone(SCpnt);
@@ -1292,9 +1293,10 @@ static void sd_uninit_command(struct scsi_cmnd *SCpnt)
 		__free_page(rq->special_vec.bv_page);
 
 	if (SCpnt->cmnd != scsi_req(rq)->cmd) {
-		mempool_free(SCpnt->cmnd, sd_cdb_pool);
+		cmnd = SCpnt->cmnd;
 		SCpnt->cmnd = NULL;
 		SCpnt->cmd_len = 0;
+		mempool_free(cmnd, sd_cdb_pool);
 	}
 }