diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
index ab3c718..7f618ee 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
@@ -560,12 +560,15 @@
 sdev_rd_attr (model, "%.16s\n");
 sdev_rd_attr (rev, "%.4s\n");
 
+/*
+ * TODO: can we make these symlinks to the block layer ones?
+ */
 static ssize_t
 sdev_show_timeout (struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct scsi_device *sdev;
 	sdev = to_scsi_device(dev);
-	return snprintf (buf, 20, "%d\n", sdev->timeout / HZ);
+	return snprintf(buf, 20, "%d\n", sdev->request_queue->rq_timeout / HZ);
 }
 
 static ssize_t
@@ -576,7 +579,7 @@
 	int timeout;
 	sdev = to_scsi_device(dev);
 	sscanf (buf, "%d\n", &timeout);
-	sdev->timeout = timeout * HZ;
+	blk_queue_rq_timeout(sdev->request_queue, timeout * HZ);
 	return count;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(timeout, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, sdev_show_timeout, sdev_store_timeout);