req->sense = sense;
        req->sense_len = 0;
        req->timeout = timeout;
-       req->flags |= flags | REQ_BLOCK_PC | REQ_SPECIAL;
+       req->flags |= flags | REQ_BLOCK_PC | REQ_SPECIAL | REQ_QUIET;
 
        /*
         * head injection *required* here otherwise quiesce won't work
                                scsi_requeue_command(q, cmd);
                                return;
                        }
-                       printk(KERN_INFO "Device %s not ready.\n",
-                              req->rq_disk ? req->rq_disk->disk_name : "");
+                       if (!(req->flags & REQ_QUIET))
+                               dev_printk(KERN_INFO,
+                                          &cmd->device->sdev_gendev,
+                                          "Device not ready.\n");
                        cmd = scsi_end_request(cmd, 0, this_count, 1);
                        return;
                case VOLUME_OVERFLOW:
-                       printk(KERN_INFO "Volume overflow <%d %d %d %d> CDB: ",
-                              cmd->device->host->host_no,
-                              (int)cmd->device->channel,
-                              (int)cmd->device->id, (int)cmd->device->lun);
-                       __scsi_print_command(cmd->data_cmnd);
-                       scsi_print_sense("", cmd);
+                       if (!(req->flags & REQ_QUIET)) {
+                               dev_printk(KERN_INFO,
+                                          &cmd->device->sdev_gendev,
+                                          "Volume overflow, CDB: ");
+                               __scsi_print_command(cmd->data_cmnd);
+                               scsi_print_sense("", cmd);
+                       }
                        cmd = scsi_end_request(cmd, 0, block_bytes, 1);
                        return;
                default:
                return;
        }
        if (result) {
-               if (!(req->flags & REQ_SPECIAL))
-                       printk(KERN_INFO "SCSI error : <%d %d %d %d> return code "
-                              "= 0x%x\n", cmd->device->host->host_no,
-                              cmd->device->channel,
-                              cmd->device->id,
-                              cmd->device->lun, result);
-
-               if (driver_byte(result) & DRIVER_SENSE)
-                       scsi_print_sense("", cmd);
+               if (!(req->flags & REQ_QUIET)) {
+                       dev_printk(KERN_INFO, &cmd->device->sdev_gendev,
+                                  "SCSI error: return code = 0x%x\n", result);
+
+                       if (driver_byte(result) & DRIVER_SENSE)
+                               scsi_print_sense("", cmd);
+               }
                /*
                 * Mark a single buffer as not uptodate.  Queue the remainder.
                 * We sometimes get this cruft in the event that a medium error