diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
index 28c9da7d4a5c..7dc62deb4087 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
@@ -4402,6 +4402,10 @@ mega_internal_command(adapter_t *adapter, megacmd_t *mc, mega_passthru *pthru)
 	scb_t	*scb;
 	int	rval;
 
+	scmd = scsi_allocate_command(GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!scmd)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	/*
 	 * The internal commands share one command id and hence are
 	 * serialized. This is so because we want to reserve maximum number of
@@ -4412,12 +4416,11 @@ mega_internal_command(adapter_t *adapter, megacmd_t *mc, mega_passthru *pthru)
 	scb = &adapter->int_scb;
 	memset(scb, 0, sizeof(scb_t));
 
-	scmd = &adapter->int_scmd;
-	memset(scmd, 0, sizeof(Scsi_Cmnd));
-
 	sdev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct scsi_device), GFP_KERNEL);
 	scmd->device = sdev;
 
+	memset(adapter->int_cdb, 0, sizeof(adapter->int_cdb));
+	scmd->cmnd = adapter->int_cdb;
 	scmd->device->host = adapter->host;
 	scmd->host_scribble = (void *)scb;
 	scmd->cmnd[0] = MEGA_INTERNAL_CMD;
@@ -4456,6 +4459,8 @@ mega_internal_command(adapter_t *adapter, megacmd_t *mc, mega_passthru *pthru)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&adapter->int_mtx);
 
+	scsi_free_command(GFP_KERNEL, scmd);
+
 	return rval;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid.h b/drivers/scsi/megaraid.h
index ee70bd4ae4ba..795201fa0b48 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid.h
@@ -888,8 +888,8 @@ typedef struct {
 
 	u8	sglen;	/* f/w supported scatter-gather list length */
 
+	unsigned char int_cdb[MAX_COMMAND_SIZE];
 	scb_t			int_scb;
-	Scsi_Cmnd		int_scmd;
 	struct mutex		int_mtx;	/* To synchronize the internal
 						commands */
 	struct completion	int_waitq;	/* wait queue for internal