diff -ur --exclude-from /home/axboe/cdrom/exclude /opt/kernel/linux-2.4.3/drivers/block/cciss.c linux/drivers/block/cciss.c
--- /opt/kernel/linux-2.4.3/drivers/block/cciss.c	Fri Feb  9 20:30:22 2001
+++ linux/drivers/block/cciss.c	Fri Apr  6 08:53:12 2001
@@ -1221,10 +1221,9 @@
 	struct request *creq;
 	u64bit temp64;
 
-	if (q->plugged || list_empty(queue_head)) {
-                start_io(h);
-                return;
-        }
+next:
+	if (q->plugged || list_empty(queue_head))
+		goto startio;
 
 	creq =	blkdev_entry_next_request(queue_head); 
 	if (creq->nr_segments > MAXSGENTRIES)
@@ -1236,15 +1235,12 @@
                                 h->ctlr, creq->rq_dev, creq);
                 blkdev_dequeue_request(creq);
                 complete_buffers(creq->bh, 0);
-                start_io(h);
-                return;
+		goto startio;
         }
 
 	if (( c = cmd_alloc(h)) == NULL)
-	{
-		start_io(h);
-		return;
-	}
+		goto startio;
+
 	c->cmd_type = CMD_RWREQ;      
 	bh = c->bh = creq->bh;
 	
@@ -1328,6 +1324,10 @@
 	h->Qdepth++;
 	if(h->Qdepth > h->maxQsinceinit)
 		h->maxQsinceinit = h->Qdepth; 
+
+	goto next;
+
+startio:
 	start_io(h);
 }