diff --git a/drivers/scsi/gdth.c b/drivers/scsi/gdth.c
index 27ebd336409b..0b2080d33575 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/gdth.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/gdth.c
@@ -493,6 +493,12 @@ int __gdth_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, gdth_cmd_str *gdtcmd, char *cmnd,
     if (!scp)
         return -ENOMEM;
 
+    scp->sense_buffer = kzalloc(SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+    if (!scp->sense_buffer) {
+	kfree(scp);
+	return -ENOMEM;
+    }
+
     scp->device = sdev;
     memset(&cmndinfo, 0, sizeof(cmndinfo));
 
@@ -513,6 +519,7 @@ int __gdth_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, gdth_cmd_str *gdtcmd, char *cmnd,
     rval = cmndinfo.status;
     if (info)
         *info = cmndinfo.info;
+    kfree(scp->sense_buffer);
     kfree(scp);
     return rval;
 }