diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index b0c59ae63a2f1ce17602f32427a2d7d5f7667cf2..aa17e718666e3596411b22bf91912716ee9ce24f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -1104,7 +1104,6 @@ void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned int good_bytes)
  *
  * Returns:     0 on success
  *		BLKPREP_DEFER if the failure is retryable
- *		BLKPREP_KILL if the failure is fatal
  */
 static int scsi_init_io(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 {
@@ -1138,17 +1137,9 @@ static int scsi_init_io(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	 * each segment.
 	 */
 	count = blk_rq_map_sg(req->q, req, cmd->request_buffer);
-	if (likely(count <= cmd->use_sg)) {
-		cmd->use_sg = count;
-		return BLKPREP_OK;
-	}
-
-	printk(KERN_ERR "Incorrect number of segments after building list\n");
-	printk(KERN_ERR "counted %d, received %d\n", count, cmd->use_sg);
-	printk(KERN_ERR "req nr_sec %lu, cur_nr_sec %u\n", req->nr_sectors,
-			req->current_nr_sectors);
-
-	return BLKPREP_KILL;
+	BUG_ON(count > cmd->use_sg);
+	cmd->use_sg = count;
+	return BLKPREP_OK;
 }
 
 static struct scsi_cmnd *scsi_get_cmd_from_req(struct scsi_device *sdev,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
index 241815e911e7bacf41dc5c105aacf969a8d5c69b..93ece8f4e5dea391c07c8a4241df9d180489c869 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
@@ -368,14 +368,9 @@ static int scsi_tgt_init_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	dprintk("cmd %p cnt %d %lu\n", cmd, scsi_sg_count(cmd),
 		rq_data_dir(rq));
 	count = blk_rq_map_sg(rq->q, rq, scsi_sglist(cmd));
-	if (likely(count <= scsi_sg_count(cmd))) {
-		cmd->use_sg = count;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	eprintk("cmd %p cnt %d\n", cmd, scsi_sg_count(cmd));
-	scsi_free_sgtable(cmd);
-	return -EINVAL;
+	BUG_ON(count > cmd->use_sg);
+	cmd->use_sg = count;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* TODO: test this crap and replace bio_map_user with new interface maybe */