diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ch.c b/drivers/scsi/ch.c
index 4010fdbf813c..c36539c83ed1 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ch.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ch.c
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ typedef struct {
 	int                 minor;
 	char                name[8];
 	struct scsi_device  *device;
-	struct scsi_device  **dt;        /* ptrs to data transfer elements */
 	u_int               firsts[CH_TYPES];
 	u_int               counts[CH_TYPES];
 	u_int		    voltags;
@@ -363,15 +362,10 @@ ch_readconfig(scsi_changer *ch)
 			vendor_labels[i]);
 	}
 
-	/* look up the devices of the data transfer elements */
-	ch->dt = kzalloc_objs(*ch->dt, ch->counts[CHET_DT]);
-
-	if (!ch->dt) {
-		kfree(buffer);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
+	/* report the devices of the data transfer elements */
 	for (elem = 0; elem < ch->counts[CHET_DT]; elem++) {
+		struct scsi_device *sdev;
+
 		id  = -1;
 		lun = 0;
 		if (elem < CH_DT_MAX  &&  -1 != dt_id[elem]) {
@@ -387,10 +381,8 @@ ch_readconfig(scsi_changer *ch)
 			VPRINTK(KERN_INFO, "dt 0x%x: ",elem+ch->firsts[CHET_DT]);
 			if (data[6] & 0x80) {
 				VPRINTK(KERN_CONT, "not this SCSI bus\n");
-				ch->dt[elem] = NULL;
 			} else if (0 == (data[6] & 0x30)) {
 				VPRINTK(KERN_CONT, "ID/LUN unknown\n");
-				ch->dt[elem] = NULL;
 			} else {
 				id  = ch->device->id;
 				lun = 0;
@@ -400,18 +392,16 @@ ch_readconfig(scsi_changer *ch)
 		}
 		if (-1 != id) {
 			VPRINTK(KERN_CONT, "ID %i, LUN %i, ",id,lun);
-			ch->dt[elem] =
-				scsi_device_lookup(ch->device->host,
-						   ch->device->channel,
-						   id,lun);
-			if (!ch->dt[elem]) {
+			sdev = scsi_device_lookup(ch->device->host,
+						  ch->device->channel,
+						  id, lun);
+			if (!sdev) {
 				/* should not happen */
 				VPRINTK(KERN_CONT, "Huh? device not found!\n");
 			} else {
 				VPRINTK(KERN_CONT, "name: %8.8s %16.16s %4.4s\n",
-					ch->dt[elem]->vendor,
-					ch->dt[elem]->model,
-					ch->dt[elem]->rev);
+					sdev->vendor, sdev->model, sdev->rev);
+				scsi_device_put(sdev);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -575,7 +565,6 @@ static void ch_destroy(struct kref *ref)
 	scsi_changer *ch = container_of(ref, scsi_changer, ref);
 
 	ch->device = NULL;
-	kfree(ch->dt);
 	kfree(ch);
 }