diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 07b7ec69..66fd3d9 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@
 
 	req->cmd = (unsigned char *)cmd;
 	req->cmd_len = sizeof(struct nvme_command);
-	req->special = (void *)0;
 
 	return req;
 }
@@ -143,7 +142,8 @@
  * if the result is positive, it's an NVM Express status code
  */
 int __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(struct request_queue *q, struct nvme_command *cmd,
-		void *buffer, unsigned bufflen, u32 *result, unsigned timeout)
+		struct nvme_completion *cqe, void *buffer, unsigned bufflen,
+		unsigned timeout)
 {
 	struct request *req;
 	int ret;
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
 
 	req->timeout = timeout ? timeout : ADMIN_TIMEOUT;
+	req->special = cqe;
 
 	if (buffer && bufflen) {
 		ret = blk_rq_map_kern(q, req, buffer, bufflen, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -161,8 +162,6 @@
 	}
 
 	blk_execute_rq(req->q, NULL, req, 0);
-	if (result)
-		*result = (u32)(uintptr_t)req->special;
 	ret = req->errors;
  out:
 	blk_mq_free_request(req);
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@
 int nvme_submit_sync_cmd(struct request_queue *q, struct nvme_command *cmd,
 		void *buffer, unsigned bufflen)
 {
-	return __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(q, cmd, buffer, bufflen, NULL, 0);
+	return __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(q, cmd, NULL, buffer, bufflen, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_submit_sync_cmd);
 
@@ -182,6 +181,7 @@
 		u32 *result, unsigned timeout)
 {
 	bool write = cmd->common.opcode & 1;
+	struct nvme_completion cqe;
 	struct nvme_ns *ns = q->queuedata;
 	struct gendisk *disk = ns ? ns->disk : NULL;
 	struct request *req;
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
 
 	req->timeout = timeout ? timeout : ADMIN_TIMEOUT;
+	req->special = &cqe;
 
 	if (ubuffer && bufflen) {
 		ret = blk_rq_map_user(q, req, NULL, ubuffer, bufflen,
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@
 	blk_execute_rq(req->q, disk, req, 0);
 	ret = req->errors;
 	if (result)
-		*result = (u32)(uintptr_t)req->special;
+		*result = le32_to_cpu(cqe.result);
 	if (meta && !ret && !write) {
 		if (copy_to_user(meta_buffer, meta, meta_len))
 			ret = -EFAULT;
@@ -329,6 +330,8 @@
 					dma_addr_t dma_addr, u32 *result)
 {
 	struct nvme_command c;
+	struct nvme_completion cqe;
+	int ret;
 
 	memset(&c, 0, sizeof(c));
 	c.features.opcode = nvme_admin_get_features;
@@ -336,13 +339,18 @@
 	c.features.prp1 = cpu_to_le64(dma_addr);
 	c.features.fid = cpu_to_le32(fid);
 
-	return __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(dev->admin_q, &c, NULL, 0, result, 0);
+	ret = __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(dev->admin_q, &c, &cqe, NULL, 0, 0);
+	if (ret >= 0)
+		*result = le32_to_cpu(cqe.result);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int nvme_set_features(struct nvme_ctrl *dev, unsigned fid, unsigned dword11,
 					dma_addr_t dma_addr, u32 *result)
 {
 	struct nvme_command c;
+	struct nvme_completion cqe;
+	int ret;
 
 	memset(&c, 0, sizeof(c));
 	c.features.opcode = nvme_admin_set_features;
@@ -350,7 +358,10 @@
 	c.features.fid = cpu_to_le32(fid);
 	c.features.dword11 = cpu_to_le32(dword11);
 
-	return __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(dev->admin_q, &c, NULL, 0, result, 0);
+	ret = __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(dev->admin_q, &c, &cqe, NULL, 0, 0);
+	if (ret >= 0)
+		*result = le32_to_cpu(cqe.result);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int nvme_get_log_page(struct nvme_ctrl *dev, struct nvme_smart_log **log)