diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 7c4c889..69fd6218 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@
 	return mempool_alloc(sgp->pool, gfp_mask);
 }
 
-int scsi_alloc_sgtable(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+static int scsi_alloc_sgtable(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -762,15 +762,11 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_alloc_sgtable);
-
-void scsi_free_sgtable(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
+static void scsi_free_sgtable(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 {
 	__sg_free_table(&cmd->sg_table, SCSI_MAX_SG_SEGMENTS, scsi_sg_free);
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_free_sgtable);
-
 /*
  * Function:    scsi_release_buffers()
  *
@@ -788,7 +784,7 @@
  *		the scatter-gather table, and potentially any bounce
  *		buffers.
  */
-static void scsi_release_buffers(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
+void scsi_release_buffers(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 {
 	if (cmd->use_sg)
 		scsi_free_sgtable(cmd);
@@ -800,6 +796,7 @@
 	cmd->request_buffer = NULL;
 	cmd->request_bufflen = 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_release_buffers);
 
 /*
  * Function:    scsi_io_completion()
@@ -1001,7 +998,7 @@
  * Returns:     0 on success
  *		BLKPREP_DEFER if the failure is retryable
  */
-static int scsi_init_io(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
+int scsi_init_io(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	struct request     *req = cmd->request;
 	int		   count;
@@ -1016,7 +1013,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * If sg table allocation fails, requeue request later.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(scsi_alloc_sgtable(cmd, GFP_ATOMIC))) {
+	if (unlikely(scsi_alloc_sgtable(cmd, gfp_mask))) {
 		scsi_unprep_request(req);
 		return BLKPREP_DEFER;
 	}
@@ -1036,6 +1033,7 @@
 	cmd->use_sg = count;
 	return BLKPREP_OK;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_init_io);
 
 static struct scsi_cmnd *scsi_get_cmd_from_req(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 		struct request *req)
@@ -1081,7 +1079,7 @@
 
 		BUG_ON(!req->nr_phys_segments);
 
-		ret = scsi_init_io(cmd);
+		ret = scsi_init_io(cmd, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (unlikely(ret))
 			return ret;
 	} else {
@@ -1132,7 +1130,7 @@
 	if (unlikely(!cmd))
 		return BLKPREP_DEFER;
 
-	return scsi_init_io(cmd);
+	return scsi_init_io(cmd, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_setup_fs_cmnd);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
index 01e03f3..91630ba 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
@@ -331,8 +331,7 @@
 
 	scsi_tgt_uspace_send_status(cmd, tcmd->itn_id, tcmd->tag);
 
-	if (scsi_sglist(cmd))
-		scsi_free_sgtable(cmd);
+	scsi_release_buffers(cmd);
 
 	queue_work(scsi_tgtd, &tcmd->work);
 }
@@ -353,25 +352,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int scsi_tgt_init_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, gfp_t gfp_mask)
-{
-	struct request *rq = cmd->request;
-	int count;
-
-	cmd->use_sg = rq->nr_phys_segments;
-	if (scsi_alloc_sgtable(cmd, gfp_mask))
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	cmd->request_bufflen = rq->data_len;
-
-	dprintk("cmd %p cnt %d %lu\n", cmd, scsi_sg_count(cmd),
-		rq_data_dir(rq));
-	count = blk_rq_map_sg(rq->q, rq, scsi_sglist(cmd));
-	BUG_ON(count > cmd->use_sg);
-	cmd->use_sg = count;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /* TODO: test this crap and replace bio_map_user with new interface maybe */
 static int scsi_map_user_pages(struct scsi_tgt_cmd *tcmd, struct scsi_cmnd *cmd,
 			       unsigned long uaddr, unsigned int len, int rw)
@@ -397,9 +377,11 @@
 	}
 
 	tcmd->bio = rq->bio;
-	err = scsi_tgt_init_cmd(cmd, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (err)
+	err = scsi_init_io(cmd, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (err) {
+		scsi_release_buffers(cmd);
 		goto unmap_rq;
+	}
 
 	return 0;