diff --git a/drivers/scsi/esp_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/esp_scsi.c
index 34552bf..55548dc 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/esp_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/esp_scsi.c
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@
 static int esp_alloc_lun_tag(struct esp_cmd_entry *ent,
 			     struct esp_lun_data *lp)
 {
-	if (!ent->tag[0]) {
+	if (!ent->orig_tag[0]) {
 		/* Non-tagged, slot already taken?  */
 		if (lp->non_tagged_cmd)
 			return -EBUSY;
@@ -564,9 +564,9 @@
 			return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	BUG_ON(lp->tagged_cmds[ent->tag[1]]);
+	BUG_ON(lp->tagged_cmds[ent->orig_tag[1]]);
 
-	lp->tagged_cmds[ent->tag[1]] = ent;
+	lp->tagged_cmds[ent->orig_tag[1]] = ent;
 	lp->num_tagged++;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -575,9 +575,9 @@
 static void esp_free_lun_tag(struct esp_cmd_entry *ent,
 			     struct esp_lun_data *lp)
 {
-	if (ent->tag[0]) {
-		BUG_ON(lp->tagged_cmds[ent->tag[1]] != ent);
-		lp->tagged_cmds[ent->tag[1]] = NULL;
+	if (ent->orig_tag[0]) {
+		BUG_ON(lp->tagged_cmds[ent->orig_tag[1]] != ent);
+		lp->tagged_cmds[ent->orig_tag[1]] = NULL;
 		lp->num_tagged--;
 	} else {
 		BUG_ON(lp->non_tagged_cmd != ent);
@@ -667,6 +667,8 @@
 			ent->tag[0] = 0;
 			ent->tag[1] = 0;
 		}
+		ent->orig_tag[0] = ent->tag[0];
+		ent->orig_tag[1] = ent->tag[1];
 
 		if (esp_alloc_lun_tag(ent, lp) < 0)
 			continue;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/esp_scsi.h b/drivers/scsi/esp_scsi.h
index 28e22ac..cd68805 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/esp_scsi.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/esp_scsi.h
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@
 #define ESP_CMD_FLAG_AUTOSENSE	0x04 /* Doing automatic REQUEST_SENSE */
 
 	u8			tag[2];
+	u8			orig_tag[2];
 
 	u8			status;
 	u8			message;