diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
index b2b15c1d9c17..d593190f0fa8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
@@ -2959,12 +2959,7 @@ static int ufshcd_exec_dev_cmd(struct ufs_hba *hba,
 
 	down_read(&hba->clk_scaling_lock);
 
-	/*
-	 * Get free slot, sleep if slots are unavailable.
-	 * Even though we use wait_event() which sleeps indefinitely,
-	 * the maximum wait time is bounded by SCSI request timeout.
-	 */
-	req = blk_get_request(q, REQ_OP_DRV_OUT, 0);
+	req = blk_mq_alloc_request(q, REQ_OP_DRV_OUT, BLK_MQ_REQ_RESERVED);
 	if (IS_ERR(req)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(req);
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -8175,7 +8170,8 @@ static struct scsi_host_template ufshcd_driver_template = {
 	.this_id		= -1,
 	.sg_tablesize		= SG_ALL,
 	.cmd_per_lun		= UFSHCD_CMD_PER_LUN,
-	.can_queue		= UFSHCD_CAN_QUEUE,
+	.can_queue		= UFSHCD_CAN_QUEUE - 1,
+	.reserved_tags		= 1,
 	.max_segment_size	= PRDT_DATA_BYTE_COUNT_MAX,
 	.max_host_blocked	= 1,
 	.track_queue_depth	= 1,
@@ -9532,8 +9528,8 @@ int ufshcd_init(struct ufs_hba *hba, void __iomem *mmio_base, unsigned int irq)
 	/* Configure LRB */
 	ufshcd_host_memory_configure(hba);
 
-	host->can_queue = hba->nutrs;
-	host->cmd_per_lun = hba->nutrs;
+	host->can_queue = hba->nutrs - 1;
+	host->cmd_per_lun = hba->nutrs - 1;
 	host->max_id = UFSHCD_MAX_ID;
 	host->max_lun = UFS_MAX_LUNS;
 	host->max_channel = UFSHCD_MAX_CHANNEL;