diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index ad9b687a236a..d4913516823f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ config AMIGA_Z2RAM
 
 config CDROM
 	tristate
+	select BLK_SCSI_REQUEST
 
 config GDROM
 	tristate "SEGA Dreamcast GD-ROM drive"
 	depends on SH_DREAMCAST
 	select CDROM
-	select BLK_SCSI_REQUEST # only for the generic cdrom code
 	help
 	  A standard SEGA Dreamcast comes with a modified CD ROM drive called a
 	  "GD-ROM" by SEGA to signify it is capable of reading special disks
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
index 86619472d916..113fc6edb2b0 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/times.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <scsi/scsi_common.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi_request.h>
 
 /* used to tell the module to turn on full debugging messages */
@@ -2222,9 +2223,12 @@ static int cdrom_read_cdda_bpc(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi, __u8 __user *ubuf,
 
 		blk_execute_rq(q, cdi->disk, rq, 0);
 		if (scsi_req(rq)->result) {
-			struct request_sense *s = req->sense;
+			struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
+
 			ret = -EIO;
-			cdi->last_sense = s->sense_key;
+			scsi_normalize_sense(req->sense, req->sense_len,
+					     &sshdr);
+			cdi->last_sense = sshdr.sense_key;
 		}
 
 		if (blk_rq_unmap_user(bio))