diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Makefile b/drivers/scsi/Makefile
index 888f73a..474efe2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/scsi/Makefile
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ sd_mod-objs	:= sd.o
 sd_mod-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY) += sd_dif.o
 
 sr_mod-objs	:= sr.o sr_ioctl.o sr_vendor.o
+sr_mod-$(CONFIG_SATA_ZPODD) += sr_zpodd.o
 ncr53c8xx-flags-$(CONFIG_SCSI_ZALON) \
 		:= -DCONFIG_NCR53C8XX_PREFETCH -DSCSI_NCR_BIG_ENDIAN \
 			-DCONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_NO_WORD_TRANSFERS
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sr_zpodd.c b/drivers/scsi/sr_zpodd.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0686e8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sr_zpodd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/genhd.h>
+#include <linux/cdrom.h>
+#include "sr.h"
+
+bool sr_block_events(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct scsi_cd *cd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	if (cd)
+		return disk_try_block_events(cd->disk);
+	return false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sr_block_events);
+
+void sr_unblock_events(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct scsi_cd *cd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	if (cd)
+		disk_unblock_events(cd->disk);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sr_unblock_events);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sr_zpodd.h b/drivers/scsi/sr_zpodd.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49c6a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sr_zpodd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef __SR_ZPODD_H__
+#define __SR_ZPODD_H__
+
+#include <linux/device.h>
+
+extern bool sr_block_events(struct device *dev);
+extern void sr_unblock_events(struct device *dev);
+
+#endif