diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index 35dc38d..9b9e8b1 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -248,10 +248,7 @@
 	struct scatterlist *sg = hwif->sg_table;
 	struct request *rq = cmd->rq;
 
-	if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) {
-		sg_init_one(sg, rq->buffer, rq->nr_sectors * SECTOR_SIZE);
-		cmd->sg_nents = 1;
-	} else if (!rq->bio) {
+	if (!rq->bio) {
 		sg_init_one(sg, rq->data, rq->data_len);
 		cmd->sg_nents = 1;
 	} else
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index 4aa6223..f400eb4 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -424,7 +424,9 @@
 
 	rq = blk_get_request(drive->queue, READ, __GFP_WAIT);
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE;
-	rq->buffer = buf;
+
+	if (cmd->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_WRITE)
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW;
 
 	/*
 	 * (ks) We transfer currently only whole sectors.
@@ -432,18 +434,20 @@
 	 * if we would find a solution to transfer any size.
 	 * To support special commands like READ LONG.
 	 */
-	rq->hard_nr_sectors = rq->nr_sectors = nsect;
-	rq->hard_cur_sectors = rq->current_nr_sectors = nsect;
-
-	if (cmd->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_WRITE)
-		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW;
+	if (nsect) {
+		error = blk_rq_map_kern(drive->queue, rq, buf,
+					nsect * SECTOR_SIZE, __GFP_WAIT);
+		if (error)
+			goto put_req;
+	}
 
 	rq->special = cmd;
 	cmd->rq = rq;
 
 	error = blk_execute_rq(drive->queue, NULL, rq, 0);
-	blk_put_request(rq);
 
+put_req:
+	blk_put_request(rq);
 	return error;
 }