diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c
index 7eefbe0681d6e7c7ecc95d7be11b3248f89774c1..a58ad61aa36a0b84ba66ae35953a07ce81e7e25a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c
@@ -2825,6 +2825,7 @@ megasas_mgmt_fw_ioctl(struct megasas_instance *instance,
 	void *sense = NULL;
 	dma_addr_t sense_handle;
 	u32 *sense_ptr;
+	unsigned long *sense_buff;
 
 	memset(kbuff_arr, 0, sizeof(kbuff_arr));
 
@@ -2929,14 +2930,16 @@ megasas_mgmt_fw_ioctl(struct megasas_instance *instance,
 	 */
 	if (ioc->sense_len) {
 		/*
-		 * sense_ptr points to the location that has the user
+		 * sense_buff points to the location that has the user
 		 * sense buffer address
 		 */
-		sense_ptr = (u32 *) ((unsigned long)ioc->frame.raw +
-				     ioc->sense_off);
+		sense_buff = (unsigned long *) ((unsigned long)ioc->frame.raw +
+								ioc->sense_off);
 
-		if (copy_to_user((void __user *)((unsigned long)(*sense_ptr)),
-				 sense, ioc->sense_len)) {
+		if (copy_to_user((void __user *)(unsigned long)(*sense_buff),
+				sense, ioc->sense_len)) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "megasas: Failed to copy out to user "
+					"sense data\n");
 			error = -EFAULT;
 			goto out;
 		}