diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/cypress_atacb.c b/drivers/usb/storage/cypress_atacb.c
index 898e67d30e56..9466a99baab6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/cypress_atacb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/cypress_atacb.c
@@ -133,19 +133,18 @@ void cypress_atacb_passthrough(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, struct us_data *us)
 
 		/* build the command for
 		 * reading the ATA registers */
-		scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(srb, &ses, NULL, 0, 0);
-		srb->sdb.length = sizeof(regs);
-		sg_init_one(&ses.sense_sgl, regs, srb->sdb.length);
-		srb->sdb.table.sgl = &ses.sense_sgl;
-		srb->sc_data_direction = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
-		srb->sdb.table.nents = 1;
+		scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(srb, &ses, NULL, 0, sizeof(regs));
+
 		/* we use the same command as before, but we set
 		 * the read taskfile bit, for not executing atacb command,
 		 * but reading register selected in srb->cmnd[4]
 		 */
+		srb->cmd_len = 16;
+		srb->cmnd = ses.cmnd;
 		srb->cmnd[2] = 1;
 
 		usb_stor_transparent_scsi_command(srb, us);
+		memcpy(regs, srb->sense_buffer, sizeof(regs));
 		tmp_result = srb->result;
 		scsi_eh_restore_cmnd(srb, &ses);
 		/* we fail to get registers, report invalid command */
@@ -162,8 +161,8 @@ void cypress_atacb_passthrough(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, struct us_data *us)
 
 		/* XXX we should generate sk, asc, ascq from status and error
 		 * regs
-		 * (see 11.1 Error translation ­ ATA device error to SCSI error map)
-		 * and ata_to_sense_error from libata.
+		 * (see 11.1 Error translation ATA device error to SCSI error
+		 *  map, and ata_to_sense_error from libata.)
 		 */
 
 		/* Sense data is current and format is descriptor. */