diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/protocol.c b/drivers/usb/storage/protocol.c
index 3b3357e20ea7..be441d84bc64 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/protocol.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/protocol.c
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@
  * Protocol routines
  ***********************************************************************/
 
-void usb_stor_qic157_command(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, struct us_data *us)
+void usb_stor_pad12_command(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, struct us_data *us)
 {
-	/* Pad the ATAPI command with zeros 
+	/* Pad the SCSI command with zeros out to 12 bytes
 	 *
 	 * NOTE: This only works because a scsi_cmnd struct field contains
 	 * a unsigned char cmnd[16], so we know we have storage available
@@ -73,26 +73,6 @@ void usb_stor_qic157_command(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, struct us_data *us)
 	usb_stor_invoke_transport(srb, us);
 }
 
-void usb_stor_ATAPI_command(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, struct us_data *us)
-{
-	/* Pad the ATAPI command with zeros 
-	 *
-	 * NOTE: This only works because a scsi_cmnd struct field contains
-	 * a unsigned char cmnd[16], so we know we have storage available
-	 */
-
-	/* Pad the ATAPI command with zeros */
-	for (; srb->cmd_len<12; srb->cmd_len++)
-		srb->cmnd[srb->cmd_len] = 0;
-
-	/* set command length to 12 bytes */
-	srb->cmd_len = 12;
-
-	/* send the command to the transport layer */
-	usb_stor_invoke_transport(srb, us);
-}
-
-
 void usb_stor_ufi_command(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, struct us_data *us)
 {
 	/* fix some commands -- this is a form of mode translation
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/protocol.h b/drivers/usb/storage/protocol.h
index 487056ffb516..ffc3e2af0156 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/protocol.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/protocol.h
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@
 #define _PROTOCOL_H_
 
 /* Protocol handling routines */
-extern void usb_stor_ATAPI_command(struct scsi_cmnd*, struct us_data*);
-extern void usb_stor_qic157_command(struct scsi_cmnd*, struct us_data*);
+extern void usb_stor_pad12_command(struct scsi_cmnd*, struct us_data*);
 extern void usb_stor_ufi_command(struct scsi_cmnd*, struct us_data*);
 extern void usb_stor_transparent_scsi_command(struct scsi_cmnd*,
 		struct us_data*);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
index cdd009fae3cd..06c735703f4a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
@@ -704,19 +704,19 @@ static int get_protocol(struct us_data *us)
 
 	case US_SC_8020:
 		us->protocol_name = "8020i";
-		us->proto_handler = usb_stor_ATAPI_command;
+		us->proto_handler = usb_stor_pad12_command;
 		us->max_lun = 0;
 		break;
 
 	case US_SC_QIC:
 		us->protocol_name = "QIC-157";
-		us->proto_handler = usb_stor_qic157_command;
+		us->proto_handler = usb_stor_pad12_command;
 		us->max_lun = 0;
 		break;
 
 	case US_SC_8070:
 		us->protocol_name = "8070i";
-		us->proto_handler = usb_stor_ATAPI_command;
+		us->proto_handler = usb_stor_pad12_command;
 		us->max_lun = 0;
 		break;