diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
index 07d974051b0c..7099d2ce967e 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ struct scsi_device {
 	struct list_head    siblings;   /* list of all devices on this host */
 	struct list_head    same_target_siblings; /* just the devices sharing same target id */
 
-	volatile unsigned short device_busy;	/* commands actually active on low-level */
+	unsigned int device_busy;	/* commands actually active on
+					 * low-level. protected by queue_lock. */
 	spinlock_t sdev_lock;           /* also the request queue_lock */
 	spinlock_t list_lock;
 	struct list_head cmd_list;	/* queue of in use SCSI Command structures */
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
index 27f2c4e8943a..1cee1e100943 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
@@ -448,8 +448,14 @@ struct Scsi_Host {
 	wait_queue_head_t       host_wait;
 	struct scsi_host_template *hostt;
 	struct scsi_transport_template *transportt;
-	volatile unsigned short host_busy;   /* commands actually active on low-level */
-	volatile unsigned short host_failed; /* commands that failed. */
+
+	/*
+	 * The following two fields are protected with host_lock;
+	 * however, eh routines can safely access during eh processing
+	 * without acquiring the lock.
+	 */
+	unsigned int host_busy;		   /* commands actually active on low-level */
+	unsigned int host_failed;	   /* commands that failed. */
     
 	unsigned short host_no;  /* Used for IOCTL_GET_IDLUN, /proc/scsi et al. */
 	int resetting; /* if set, it means that last_reset is a valid value */