diff --git a/scst/include/scst.h b/scst/include/scst.h
index 6c41af04b..5cbe33b12 100644
--- a/scst/include/scst.h
+++ b/scst/include/scst.h
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ struct scst_cmd {
 	struct list_head sn_cmd_list_entry;
 
 	/* Cmd's serial number, used to execute cmd's in order of arrival */
-	unsigned long sn;
+	unsigned int sn;
 
 	/* The corresponding sn_slot in tgt_dev->sn_slots */
 	atomic_t *sn_slot;
@@ -1865,8 +1865,8 @@ struct scst_tgt_dev {
 	 */
 	int def_cmd_count;
 	spinlock_t sn_lock;
-	unsigned long expected_sn;
-	unsigned long curr_sn;
+	unsigned int expected_sn;
+	unsigned int curr_sn;
 	int hq_cmd_count;
 	struct list_head deferred_cmd_list;
 	struct list_head skipped_sn_list;
diff --git a/scst/src/scst_lib.c b/scst/src/scst_lib.c
index 33425edfb..de30092a1 100644
--- a/scst/src/scst_lib.c
+++ b/scst/src/scst_lib.c
@@ -1567,7 +1567,8 @@ static struct scst_tgt_dev *scst_alloc_add_tgt_dev(struct scst_session *sess,
 	spin_lock_init(&tgt_dev->sn_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tgt_dev->deferred_cmd_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tgt_dev->skipped_sn_list);
-	tgt_dev->expected_sn = 1;
+	tgt_dev->curr_sn = (typeof(tgt_dev->curr_sn)) -300;
+	tgt_dev->expected_sn = tgt_dev->curr_sn + 1;
 	tgt_dev->num_free_sn_slots = ARRAY_SIZE(tgt_dev->sn_slots)-1;
 	tgt_dev->cur_sn_slot = &tgt_dev->sn_slots[0];
 	for (i = 0; i < (int)ARRAY_SIZE(tgt_dev->sn_slots); i++)
@@ -2576,7 +2577,7 @@ void scst_free_cmd(struct scst_cmd *cmd)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCST_EXTRACHECKS
 		if (unlikely(!cmd->sent_for_exec) && !cmd->internal) {
 			PRINT_ERROR("Finishing not executed cmd %p (opcode "
-			    "%d, target %s, LUN %lld, sn %ld, expected_sn %ld)",
+			    "%d, target %s, LUN %lld, sn %d, expected_sn %d)",
 			    cmd, cmd->cdb[0], cmd->tgtt->name,
 			    (long long unsigned int)cmd->lun,
 			    cmd->sn, cmd->tgt_dev->expected_sn);
@@ -2585,7 +2586,7 @@ void scst_free_cmd(struct scst_cmd *cmd)
 #endif
 
 		if (unlikely(cmd->out_of_sn)) {
-			TRACE_SN("Out of SN cmd %p (tag %llu, sn %ld), "
+			TRACE_SN("Out of SN cmd %p (tag %llu, sn %d), "
 				"destroy=%d", cmd,
 				(long long unsigned int)cmd->tag,
 				cmd->sn, destroy);
@@ -4481,7 +4482,7 @@ restart:
 		EXTRACHECKS_BUG_ON(cmd->queue_type ==
 			SCST_CMD_QUEUE_HEAD_OF_QUEUE);
 		if (cmd->sn == expected_sn) {
-			TRACE_SN("Deferred command %p (sn %ld, set %d) found",
+			TRACE_SN("Deferred command %p (sn %d, set %d) found",
 				cmd, cmd->sn, cmd->sn_set);
 			tgt_dev->def_cmd_count--;
 			list_del(&cmd->sn_cmd_list_entry);
@@ -4512,7 +4513,7 @@ restart:
 			 * !! sn_slot and sn_cmd_list_entry, could be	!!
 			 * !! already destroyed				!!
 			 */
-			TRACE_SN("cmd %p (tag %llu) with skipped sn %ld found",
+			TRACE_SN("cmd %p (tag %llu) with skipped sn %d found",
 				 cmd,
 				 (long long unsigned int)cmd->tag,
 				 cmd->sn);
@@ -4837,8 +4838,8 @@ static void __scst_unblock_deferred(struct scst_tgt_dev *tgt_dev,
 		tgt_dev->def_cmd_count++;
 		list_add_tail(&out_of_sn_cmd->sn_cmd_list_entry,
 			      &tgt_dev->skipped_sn_list);
-		TRACE_SN("out_of_sn_cmd %p with sn %ld added to skipped_sn_list"
-			" (expected_sn %ld)", out_of_sn_cmd, out_of_sn_cmd->sn,
+		TRACE_SN("out_of_sn_cmd %p with sn %d added to skipped_sn_list"
+			" (expected_sn %d)", out_of_sn_cmd, out_of_sn_cmd->sn,
 			tgt_dev->expected_sn);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&tgt_dev->sn_lock);
 	}
diff --git a/scst/src/scst_targ.c b/scst/src/scst_targ.c
index 47037c266..610f20f32 100644
--- a/scst/src/scst_targ.c
+++ b/scst/src/scst_targ.c
@@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@ inc:
 	 * scst_post_exec_sn(). See comment in scst_send_for_exec().
 	 */
 	smp_mb();
-	TRACE_SN("Next expected_sn: %ld", tgt_dev->expected_sn);
+	TRACE_SN("Next expected_sn: %d", tgt_dev->expected_sn);
 
 out:
 	return;
@@ -2344,14 +2344,14 @@ static int scst_send_for_exec(struct scst_cmd **active_cmd)
 					      &cmd->cmd_flags))) {
 				/* Necessary to allow aborting out of sn cmds */
 				TRACE_MGMT_DBG("Aborting out of sn cmd %p "
-					"(tag %llu, sn %lu)", cmd,
+					"(tag %llu, sn %u)", cmd,
 					(long long unsigned)cmd->tag, cmd->sn);
 				tgt_dev->def_cmd_count--;
 				scst_set_cmd_abnormal_done_state(cmd);
 				res = SCST_CMD_STATE_RES_CONT_SAME;
 			} else {
-				TRACE_SN("Deferring cmd %p (sn=%ld, set %d, "
-					"expected_sn=%ld)", cmd, cmd->sn,
+				TRACE_SN("Deferring cmd %p (sn=%d, set %d, "
+					"expected_sn=%d)", cmd, cmd->sn,
 					cmd->sn_set, expected_sn);
 				list_add_tail(&cmd->sn_cmd_list_entry,
 					      &tgt_dev->deferred_cmd_list);
@@ -2360,7 +2360,7 @@ static int scst_send_for_exec(struct scst_cmd **active_cmd)
 			spin_unlock_irq(&tgt_dev->sn_lock);
 			goto out;
 		} else {
-			TRACE_SN("Somebody incremented expected_sn %ld, "
+			TRACE_SN("Somebody incremented expected_sn %d, "
 				"continuing", expected_sn);
 			tgt_dev->def_cmd_count--;
 			spin_unlock_irq(&tgt_dev->sn_lock);
@@ -2872,7 +2872,7 @@ static int scst_pre_xmit_response(struct scst_cmd *cmd)
 
 		if (unlikely(!cmd->sent_for_exec)) {
 			TRACE_SN("cmd %p was not sent to mid-lev"
-				" (sn %ld, set %d)",
+				" (sn %d, set %d)",
 				cmd, cmd->sn, cmd->sn_set);
 			scst_unblock_deferred(cmd->tgt_dev, cmd);
 			cmd->sent_for_exec = 1;
@@ -3159,7 +3159,7 @@ static void scst_cmd_set_sn(struct scst_cmd *cmd)
 			 */
 			if (atomic_inc_return(tgt_dev->cur_sn_slot) == 1) {
 				tgt_dev->curr_sn++;
-				TRACE_SN("Incremented curr_sn %ld",
+				TRACE_SN("Incremented curr_sn %d",
 					tgt_dev->curr_sn);
 			}
 			cmd->sn_slot = tgt_dev->cur_sn_slot;
@@ -3221,7 +3221,7 @@ ordered:
 		sBUG();
 	}
 
-	TRACE_SN("cmd(%p)->sn: %ld (tgt_dev %p, *cur_sn_slot %d, "
+	TRACE_SN("cmd(%p)->sn: %d (tgt_dev %p, *cur_sn_slot %d, "
 		"num_free_sn_slots %d, prev_cmd_ordered %ld, "
 		"cur_sn_slot %zd)", cmd, cmd->sn, tgt_dev,
 		atomic_read(tgt_dev->cur_sn_slot),
@@ -4113,7 +4113,7 @@ void scst_abort_cmd(struct scst_cmd *cmd, struct scst_mgmt_cmd *mcmd,
 		 * command actually gets executed *after* new commands sent
 		 * after this TM command completed.
 		 */
-		TRACE_MGMT_DBG("cmd %p (tag %llu, sn %lu) being "
+		TRACE_MGMT_DBG("cmd %p (tag %llu, sn %u) being "
 			"executed/xmitted (state %d, op %x, proc time %ld "
 			"sec., timeout %d sec.), deferring ABORT...", cmd,
 			(long long unsigned int)cmd->tag, cmd->sn, cmd->state,
@@ -4223,7 +4223,7 @@ static void scst_unblock_aborted_cmds(int scst_mutex_held)
 				if (__scst_check_unblock_aborted_cmd(cmd,
 						&cmd->sn_cmd_list_entry)) {
 					TRACE_MGMT_DBG("Unblocked aborted SN "
-						"cmd %p (sn %lu)",
+						"cmd %p (sn %u)",
 						cmd, cmd->sn);
 					tgt_dev->def_cmd_count--;
 				}
@@ -4433,7 +4433,7 @@ static int scst_mgmt_cmd_init(struct scst_mgmt_cmd *mcmd)
 		}
 		__scst_cmd_get(cmd);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&sess->sess_list_lock);
-		TRACE_MGMT_DBG("Cmd %p for tag %llu (sn %ld, set %d, "
+		TRACE_MGMT_DBG("Cmd %p for tag %llu (sn %d, set %d, "
 			"queue_type %x) found, aborting it",
 			cmd, (long long unsigned int)mcmd->tag,
 			cmd->sn, cmd->sn_set, cmd->queue_type);