diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index ef5f342..1a8c940 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -1456,9 +1456,10 @@
 {
 	idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
 	struct ide_atapi_pc pc;
+	u8 buf[12];
 
 	idetape_create_mode_sense_cmd(&pc, IDETAPE_BLOCK_DESCRIPTOR);
-	if (ide_queue_pc_tail(drive, tape->disk, &pc, pc.buf, pc.req_xfer)) {
+	if (ide_queue_pc_tail(drive, tape->disk, &pc, buf, pc.req_xfer)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: Can't get block descriptor\n");
 		if (tape->blk_size == 0) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "ide-tape: Cannot deal with zero "
@@ -1467,10 +1468,10 @@
 		}
 		return;
 	}
-	tape->blk_size = (pc.buf[4 + 5] << 16) +
-				(pc.buf[4 + 6] << 8)  +
-				 pc.buf[4 + 7];
-	tape->drv_write_prot = (pc.buf[2] & 0x80) >> 7;
+	tape->blk_size = (buf[4 + 5] << 16) +
+				(buf[4 + 6] << 8)  +
+				 buf[4 + 7];
+	tape->drv_write_prot = (buf[2] & 0x80) >> 7;
 }
 
 static int idetape_chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)