diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 94af30f768f7..9c6bf13daaee 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -689,8 +689,10 @@ sg_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t * ppos)
 	hp->flags = input_size;	/* structure abuse ... */
 	hp->pack_id = old_hdr.pack_id;
 	hp->usr_ptr = NULL;
-	if (__copy_from_user(cmnd, buf, cmd_size))
+	if (__copy_from_user(cmnd, buf, cmd_size)) {
+		sg_remove_request(sfp, srp);
 		return -EFAULT;
+	}
 	/*
 	 * SG_DXFER_TO_FROM_DEV is functionally equivalent to SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV,
 	 * but is is possible that the app intended SG_DXFER_TO_DEV, because there