diff --git a/drivers/ide/cris/ide-cris.c b/drivers/ide/cris/ide-cris.c
index 2b4d2a0..c306c9f 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/cris/ide-cris.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/cris/ide-cris.c
@@ -939,7 +939,8 @@
 		/* group sequential buffers into one large buffer */
 		addr = page_to_phys(sg->page) + sg->offset;
 		size = sg_dma_len(sg);
-		while (sg++, --i) {
+		while (--i) {
+			sg = sg_next(sg);
 			if ((addr + size) != page_to_phys(sg->page) + sg->offset)
 				break;
 			size += sg_dma_len(sg);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
index b453211..a4cbbba 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		sg++;
+		sg = sg_next(sg);
 		i--;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index f36ff59..04273d3 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -846,7 +846,8 @@
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
 
 	hwif->nsect = hwif->nleft = rq->nr_sectors;
-	hwif->cursg = hwif->cursg_ofs = 0;
+	hwif->cursg_ofs = 0;
+	hwif->cursg = NULL;
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_init_sg_cmd);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index d101171..34b1fb6 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@
 	if (!hwif->sg_max_nents)
 		hwif->sg_max_nents = PRD_ENTRIES;
 
-	hwif->sg_table = kmalloc(sizeof(struct scatterlist)*hwif->sg_max_nents,
+	hwif->sg_table = kzalloc(sizeof(struct scatterlist)*hwif->sg_max_nents,
 				 GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!hwif->sg_table) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: unable to allocate SG table.\n", hwif->name);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index aa06daf..2a3c8d4 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
 #include <linux/ide.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 #include <asm/irq.h>
@@ -263,6 +264,7 @@
 {
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
 	struct scatterlist *sg = hwif->sg_table;
+	struct scatterlist *cursg = hwif->cursg;
 	struct page *page;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -270,8 +272,14 @@
 	unsigned int offset;
 	u8 *buf;
 
-	page = sg[hwif->cursg].page;
-	offset = sg[hwif->cursg].offset + hwif->cursg_ofs * SECTOR_SIZE;
+	cursg = hwif->cursg;
+	if (!cursg) {
+		cursg = sg;
+		hwif->cursg = sg;
+	}
+
+	page = cursg->page;
+	offset = cursg->offset + hwif->cursg_ofs * SECTOR_SIZE;
 
 	/* get the current page and offset */
 	page = nth_page(page, (offset >> PAGE_SHIFT));
@@ -285,8 +293,8 @@
 	hwif->nleft--;
 	hwif->cursg_ofs++;
 
-	if ((hwif->cursg_ofs * SECTOR_SIZE) == sg[hwif->cursg].length) {
-		hwif->cursg++;
+	if ((hwif->cursg_ofs * SECTOR_SIZE) == cursg->length) {
+		hwif->cursg = sg_next(hwif->cursg);
 		hwif->cursg_ofs = 0;
 	}
 
@@ -367,6 +375,8 @@
 
 static void task_end_request(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq, u8 stat)
 {
+	HWIF(drive)->cursg = NULL;
+
 	if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) {
 		ide_task_t *task = rq->special;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c b/drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c
index aebde49..892d08f 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
 			cur_addr += tc;
 			cur_len -= tc;
 		}
-		sg++;
+		sg = sg_next(sg);
 		i--;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/sgiioc4.c b/drivers/ide/pci/sgiioc4.c
index 85ffaaa..c74fef6 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/sgiioc4.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/sgiioc4.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 #include <linux/ioc4.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 
@@ -537,7 +538,7 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		sg++;
+		sg = sg_next(sg);
 		i--;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c b/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c
index 7d88738..9e86406 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@
 			cur_len -= tc;
 			++table;
 		}
-		sg++;
+		sg = sg_next(sg);
 		i--;
 	}