diff --git a/sys/dev/usb/umass.c b/sys/dev/usb/umass.c
index 596860bfcfc4..4c9b4a79668e 100644
--- a/sys/dev/usb/umass.c
+++ b/sys/dev/usb/umass.c
@@ -3104,9 +3104,11 @@ umass_atapi_transform(struct umass_softc *sc, unsigned char *cmd, int cmdlen,
 	case READ_12:
 	case WRITE_12:
 	default:
-		printf("%s: Unsupported ATAPI command 0x%02x\n",
+		printf("%s: Unsupported ATAPI command 0x%02x"
+			" - trying anyway\n",
 			USBDEVNAME(sc->sc_dev), cmd[0]);
-		return 0;	/* failure */
+		memcpy(*rcmd, cmd, cmdlen);
+		return 1;
 	}
 }