--- cc8633cbe133db4d9b7f81330ef66a547a6176ac
+++ 67fb73559fd582e0bbd477500636c315834b7764
@@ -428,13 +428,11 @@ int ide_raw_taskfile(ide_drive_t *drive,
 {
 	struct request *rq;
 	int error;
+	int rw = !(cmd->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_WRITE) ? READ : WRITE;
 
-	rq = blk_get_request(drive->queue, READ, __GFP_WAIT);
+	rq = blk_get_request(drive->queue, rw, __GFP_WAIT);
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE;
 
-	if (cmd->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_WRITE)
-		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW;
-
 	/*
 	 * (ks) We transfer currently only whole sectors.
 	 * This is suffient for now.  But, it would be great,