diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index cf0e71db9e51..1acdb6e03999 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -828,6 +828,40 @@ static int max_sectors_bytes(struct request_queue *q)
 	return max_sectors << 9;
 }
 
+static void
+sg_fill_request_table(Sg_fd *sfp, sg_req_info_t *rinfo)
+{
+	Sg_request *srp;
+	int val;
+	unsigned int ms;
+
+	val = 0;
+	list_for_each_entry(srp, &sfp->rq_list, entry) {
+		if (val > SG_MAX_QUEUE)
+			break;
+		memset(&rinfo[val], 0, SZ_SG_REQ_INFO);
+		rinfo[val].req_state = srp->done + 1;
+		rinfo[val].problem =
+			srp->header.masked_status &
+			srp->header.host_status &
+			srp->header.driver_status;
+		if (srp->done)
+			rinfo[val].duration =
+				srp->header.duration;
+		else {
+			ms = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies);
+			rinfo[val].duration =
+				(ms > srp->header.duration) ?
+				(ms - srp->header.duration) : 0;
+		}
+		rinfo[val].orphan = srp->orphan;
+		rinfo[val].sg_io_owned = srp->sg_io_owned;
+		rinfo[val].pack_id = srp->header.pack_id;
+		rinfo[val].usr_ptr = srp->header.usr_ptr;
+		val++;
+	}
+}
+
 static long
 sg_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd_in, unsigned long arg)
 {
@@ -1012,38 +1046,13 @@ sg_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd_in, unsigned long arg)
 			return -EFAULT;
 		else {
 			sg_req_info_t *rinfo;
-			unsigned int ms;
 
 			rinfo = kmalloc(SZ_SG_REQ_INFO * SG_MAX_QUEUE,
 								GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!rinfo)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			read_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
-			val = 0;
-			list_for_each_entry(srp, &sfp->rq_list, entry) {
-				if (val >= SG_MAX_QUEUE)
-					break;
-				memset(&rinfo[val], 0, SZ_SG_REQ_INFO);
-				rinfo[val].req_state = srp->done + 1;
-				rinfo[val].problem =
-					srp->header.masked_status &
-					srp->header.host_status &
-					srp->header.driver_status;
-				if (srp->done)
-					rinfo[val].duration =
-						srp->header.duration;
-				else {
-					ms = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies);
-					rinfo[val].duration =
-						(ms > srp->header.duration) ?
-						(ms - srp->header.duration) : 0;
-				}
-				rinfo[val].orphan = srp->orphan;
-				rinfo[val].sg_io_owned = srp->sg_io_owned;
-				rinfo[val].pack_id = srp->header.pack_id;
-				rinfo[val].usr_ptr = srp->header.usr_ptr;
-				val++;
-			}
+			sg_fill_request_table(sfp, rinfo);
 			read_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
 			result = __copy_to_user(p, rinfo,
 						SZ_SG_REQ_INFO * SG_MAX_QUEUE);