diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 1358d83..00b7e0c 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@
 				     blocks, tape->merge_stage->bh);
 }
 
-static void idetape_empty_write_pipeline(ide_drive_t *drive)
+static void ide_tape_flush_merge_buffer(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
 	idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
 	int blocks, min;
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@
 	/* Initialize read operation */
 	if (tape->chrdev_dir != IDETAPE_DIR_READ) {
 		if (tape->chrdev_dir == IDETAPE_DIR_WRITE) {
-			idetape_empty_write_pipeline(drive);
+			ide_tape_flush_merge_buffer(drive);
 			idetape_flush_tape_buffers(drive);
 		}
 		if (tape->merge_stage || tape->merge_stage_size) {
@@ -2357,7 +2357,7 @@
 	debug_log(DBG_CHRDEV, "Enter %s, cmd=%u\n", __func__, cmd);
 
 	if (tape->chrdev_dir == IDETAPE_DIR_WRITE) {
-		idetape_empty_write_pipeline(drive);
+		ide_tape_flush_merge_buffer(drive);
 		idetape_flush_tape_buffers(drive);
 	}
 	if (cmd == MTIOCGET || cmd == MTIOCPOS) {
@@ -2506,7 +2506,7 @@
 {
 	idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
 
-	idetape_empty_write_pipeline(drive);
+	ide_tape_flush_merge_buffer(drive);
 	tape->merge_stage = ide_tape_kmalloc_buffer(tape, 1, 0);
 	if (tape->merge_stage != NULL) {
 		idetape_pad_zeros(drive, tape->blk_size *