diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 41e9ac9fc1385168f539b0f049e76618a2bf7b21..9cb9a166fa0cad8bc25840531da792c0336b3c50 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ void scsi_queue_insert(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, int reason)
 
 
 /**
- * scsi_execute - insert request and wait for the result
+ * __scsi_execute - insert request and wait for the result
  * @sdev:	scsi device
  * @cmd:	scsi command
  * @data_direction: data direction
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ void scsi_queue_insert(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, int reason)
  * Returns the scsi_cmnd result field if a command was executed, or a negative
  * Linux error code if we didn't get that far.
  */
-int scsi_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
+int __scsi_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
 		 int data_direction, void *buffer, unsigned bufflen,
 		 unsigned char *sense, struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr,
 		 int timeout, int retries, u64 flags, req_flags_t rq_flags,
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ int scsi_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
 
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_execute);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__scsi_execute);
 
 /*
  * Function:    scsi_init_cmd_errh()
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
index cae229b5395c8d252103a8b6d49d2d613605e18c..c891ada3c5c25c1b6f91a33af08765dfabb065b5 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 struct Scsi_Host;
 struct scsi_driver;
 
-#include <scsi/scsi_device.h>
-
 /*
  * MAX_COMMAND_SIZE is:
  * The longest fixed-length SCSI CDB as per the SCSI standard.
@@ -121,11 +119,11 @@ struct scsi_cmnd {
 	struct request *request;	/* The command we are
 				   	   working on */
 
-#define SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE 	96
 	unsigned char *sense_buffer;
 				/* obtained by REQUEST SENSE when
 				 * CHECK CONDITION is received on original
-				 * command (auto-sense) */
+				 * command (auto-sense). Length must be
+				 * SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE bytes. */
 
 	/* Low-level done function - can be used by low-level driver to point
 	 *        to completion function.  Not used by mid/upper level code. */
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
index 4c36af6edd79b60081611d4729ad03570b471fc5..202f4d6a434212bd9914b4b3988aeff32a66dc09 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ struct scsi_sense_hdr;
 
 typedef __u64 __bitwise blist_flags_t;
 
+#define SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE	96
+
 struct scsi_mode_data {
 	__u32	length;
 	__u16	block_descriptor_length;
@@ -426,11 +428,21 @@ extern const char *scsi_device_state_name(enum scsi_device_state);
 extern int scsi_is_sdev_device(const struct device *);
 extern int scsi_is_target_device(const struct device *);
 extern void scsi_sanitize_inquiry_string(unsigned char *s, int len);
-extern int scsi_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
+extern int __scsi_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
 			int data_direction, void *buffer, unsigned bufflen,
 			unsigned char *sense, struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr,
 			int timeout, int retries, u64 flags,
 			req_flags_t rq_flags, int *resid);
+/* Make sure any sense buffer is the correct size. */
+#define scsi_execute(sdev, cmd, data_direction, buffer, bufflen, sense,	\
+		     sshdr, timeout, retries, flags, rq_flags, resid)	\
+({									\
+	BUILD_BUG_ON((sense) != NULL &&					\
+		     sizeof(sense) != SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);		\
+	__scsi_execute(sdev, cmd, data_direction, buffer, bufflen,	\
+		       sense, sshdr, timeout, retries, flags, rq_flags,	\
+		       resid);						\
+})
 static inline int scsi_execute_req(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 	const unsigned char *cmd, int data_direction, void *buffer,
 	unsigned bufflen, struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr, int timeout,