diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 7992635d405f..82910cc69ba3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ sd_store_cache_type(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	char *buffer_data;
 	struct scsi_mode_data data;
 	struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
+	const char *temp = "temporary ";
 	int len;
 
 	if (sdp->type != TYPE_DISK)
@@ -150,6 +151,13 @@ sd_store_cache_type(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		 * it's not worth the risk */
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (strncmp(buf, temp, sizeof(temp) - 1) == 0) {
+		buf += sizeof(temp) - 1;
+		sdkp->cache_override = 1;
+	} else {
+		sdkp->cache_override = 0;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sd_cache_types); i++) {
 		len = strlen(sd_cache_types[i]);
 		if (strncmp(sd_cache_types[i], buf, len) == 0 &&
@@ -162,6 +170,13 @@ sd_store_cache_type(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	rcd = ct & 0x01 ? 1 : 0;
 	wce = ct & 0x02 ? 1 : 0;
+
+	if (sdkp->cache_override) {
+		sdkp->WCE = wce;
+		sdkp->RCD = rcd;
+		return count;
+	}
+
 	if (scsi_mode_sense(sdp, 0x08, 8, buffer, sizeof(buffer), SD_TIMEOUT,
 			    SD_MAX_RETRIES, &data, NULL))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -2319,6 +2334,10 @@ sd_read_cache_type(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, unsigned char *buffer)
 	int old_rcd = sdkp->RCD;
 	int old_dpofua = sdkp->DPOFUA;
 
+
+	if (sdkp->cache_override)
+		return;
+
 	first_len = 4;
 	if (sdp->skip_ms_page_8) {
 		if (sdp->type == TYPE_RBC)
@@ -2812,6 +2831,7 @@ static void sd_probe_async(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie)
 	sdkp->capacity = 0;
 	sdkp->media_present = 1;
 	sdkp->write_prot = 0;
+	sdkp->cache_override = 0;
 	sdkp->WCE = 0;
 	sdkp->RCD = 0;
 	sdkp->ATO = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.h b/drivers/scsi/sd.h
index 74a1e4ca5401..2386aeb41fe8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct scsi_disk {
 	u8		protection_type;/* Data Integrity Field */
 	u8		provisioning_mode;
 	unsigned	ATO : 1;	/* state of disk ATO bit */
+	unsigned	cache_override : 1; /* temp override of WCE,RCD */
 	unsigned	WCE : 1;	/* state of disk WCE bit */
 	unsigned	RCD : 1;	/* state of disk RCD bit, unused */
 	unsigned	DPOFUA : 1;	/* state of disk DPOFUA bit */