diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ips.c b/drivers/scsi/ips.c
index bc33d54..8b33c98 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ips.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ips.c
@@ -3344,13 +3344,15 @@ ips_map_status(ips_ha_t * ha, ips_scb_t * scb, ips_stat_t * sp)
 					IPS_CMD_EXTENDED_DCDB_SG)) {
 					tapeDCDB =
 					    (IPS_DCDB_TABLE_TAPE *) & scb->dcdb;
-					memcpy(scb->scsi_cmd->sense_buffer,
+					memcpy_and_pad(scb->scsi_cmd->sense_buffer,
+					       SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE,
 					       tapeDCDB->sense_info,
-					       SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
+					       sizeof(tapeDCDB->sense_info), 0);
 				} else {
-					memcpy(scb->scsi_cmd->sense_buffer,
+					memcpy_and_pad(scb->scsi_cmd->sense_buffer,
+					       SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE,
 					       scb->dcdb.sense_info,
-					       SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
+					       sizeof(scb->dcdb.sense_info), 0);
 				}
 				device_error = 2;	/* check condition */
 			}