diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
index 85cd2564c157..03533f05b6c0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * This code is based on drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
  * Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Samsung India Software Operations
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2014, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2016, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Authors:
  *	Santosh Yaraganavi <santosh.sy@samsung.com>
@@ -1035,6 +1035,7 @@ static int ufshcd_map_sg(struct ufshcd_lrb *lrbp)
 				cpu_to_le32(lower_32_bits(sg->dma_address));
 			prd_table[i].upper_addr =
 				cpu_to_le32(upper_32_bits(sg->dma_address));
+			prd_table[i].reserved = 0;
 		}
 	} else {
 		lrbp->utr_descriptor_ptr->prd_table_length = 0;
@@ -1117,7 +1118,8 @@ static void ufshcd_prepare_req_desc_hdr(struct ufshcd_lrb *lrbp,
 
 	/* Transfer request descriptor header fields */
 	req_desc->header.dword_0 = cpu_to_le32(dword_0);
-
+	/* dword_1 is reserved, hence it is set to 0 */
+	req_desc->header.dword_1 = 0;
 	/*
 	 * assigning invalid value for command status. Controller
 	 * updates OCS on command completion, with the command
@@ -1125,6 +1127,8 @@ static void ufshcd_prepare_req_desc_hdr(struct ufshcd_lrb *lrbp,
 	 */
 	req_desc->header.dword_2 =
 		cpu_to_le32(OCS_INVALID_COMMAND_STATUS);
+	/* dword_3 is reserved, hence it is set to 0 */
+	req_desc->header.dword_3 = 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1137,6 +1141,7 @@ static
 void ufshcd_prepare_utp_scsi_cmd_upiu(struct ufshcd_lrb *lrbp, u32 upiu_flags)
 {
 	struct utp_upiu_req *ucd_req_ptr = lrbp->ucd_req_ptr;
+	unsigned short cdb_len;
 
 	/* command descriptor fields */
 	ucd_req_ptr->header.dword_0 = UPIU_HEADER_DWORD(
@@ -1151,8 +1156,11 @@ void ufshcd_prepare_utp_scsi_cmd_upiu(struct ufshcd_lrb *lrbp, u32 upiu_flags)
 	ucd_req_ptr->sc.exp_data_transfer_len =
 		cpu_to_be32(lrbp->cmd->sdb.length);
 
-	memcpy(ucd_req_ptr->sc.cdb, lrbp->cmd->cmnd,
-		(min_t(unsigned short, lrbp->cmd->cmd_len, MAX_CDB_SIZE)));
+	cdb_len = min_t(unsigned short, lrbp->cmd->cmd_len, MAX_CDB_SIZE);
+	memset(ucd_req_ptr->sc.cdb, 0, MAX_CDB_SIZE);
+	memcpy(ucd_req_ptr->sc.cdb, lrbp->cmd->cmnd, cdb_len);
+
+	memset(lrbp->ucd_rsp_ptr, 0, sizeof(struct utp_upiu_rsp));
 }
 
 /**