diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index ead2734..9ca2665 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -568,9 +568,8 @@
 	ide_init_pc(pc);
 	put_unaligned(cpu_to_be32(length), (unsigned int *) &pc->c[1]);
 	pc->c[1] = 1;
-	pc->buf = NULL;
-	pc->buf_size = blk_rq_bytes(rq);
-	if (pc->buf_size == tape->buffer_size)
+
+	if (blk_rq_bytes(rq) == tape->buffer_size)
 		pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_DMA_OK;
 
 	if (opcode == READ_6)
@@ -1608,8 +1607,6 @@
 	char fw_rev[4], vendor_id[8], product_id[16];
 
 	idetape_create_inquiry_cmd(&pc);
-	pc.buf_size = sizeof(pc_buf);
-
 	if (ide_queue_pc_tail(drive, tape->disk, &pc, pc_buf, pc.req_xfer)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: %s: can't get INQUIRY results\n",
 				tape->name);