diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index 9b63e15..20d357e 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
 	u8 lba48		= (drive->addressing == 1) ? 1 : 0;
 	u8 command		= WIN_NOP;
 	ata_nsector_t		nsectors;
+	struct ide_taskfile ltf, *tf = &ltf;
 
 	nsectors.all		= (u16) rq->nr_sectors;
 
@@ -160,53 +161,36 @@
 
 	/* FIXME: SELECT_MASK(drive, 0) ? */
 
+	memset(tf, 0, sizeof(*tf));
+
 	if (drive->select.b.lba) {
 		if (lba48) {
-			u8 tasklets[10];
-
 			pr_debug("%s: LBA=0x%012llx\n", drive->name,
 					(unsigned long long)block);
 
-			tasklets[0] = 0;
-			tasklets[1] = 0;
-			tasklets[2] = nsectors.b.low;
-			tasklets[3] = nsectors.b.high;
-			tasklets[4] = (u8) block;
-			tasklets[5] = (u8)(block >>  8);
-			tasklets[6] = (u8)(block >> 16);
-			tasklets[7] = (u8)(block >> 24);
-			if (sizeof(block) == 4) {
-				tasklets[8] = 0;
-				tasklets[9] = 0;
-			} else {
-				tasklets[8] = (u8)((u64)block >> 32);
-				tasklets[9] = (u8)((u64)block >> 40);
+			tf->hob_nsect = nsectors.b.high;
+			tf->hob_lbal  = (u8)(block >> 24);
+			if (sizeof(block) != 4) {
+				tf->hob_lbam = (u8)((u64)block >> 32);
+				tf->hob_lbah = (u8)((u64)block >> 40);
 			}
+
+			tf->nsect  = nsectors.b.low;
+			tf->lbal   = (u8) block;
+			tf->lbam   = (u8)(block >>  8);
+			tf->lbah   = (u8)(block >> 16);
 #ifdef DEBUG
 			printk("%s: 0x%02x%02x 0x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x\n",
-				drive->name, tasklets[3], tasklets[2],
-				tasklets[9], tasklets[8], tasklets[7],
-				tasklets[6], tasklets[5], tasklets[4]);
+				drive->name, tf->hob_nsect, tf->nsect,
+				tf->hob_lbah, tf->hob_lbam, tf->hob_lbal,
+				tf->lbah, tf->lbam, tf->lbal);
 #endif
-			hwif->OUTB(tasklets[1], IDE_FEATURE_REG);
-			hwif->OUTB(tasklets[3], IDE_NSECTOR_REG);
-			hwif->OUTB(tasklets[7], IDE_SECTOR_REG);
-			hwif->OUTB(tasklets[8], IDE_LCYL_REG);
-			hwif->OUTB(tasklets[9], IDE_HCYL_REG);
-
-			hwif->OUTB(tasklets[0], IDE_FEATURE_REG);
-			hwif->OUTB(tasklets[2], IDE_NSECTOR_REG);
-			hwif->OUTB(tasklets[4], IDE_SECTOR_REG);
-			hwif->OUTB(tasklets[5], IDE_LCYL_REG);
-			hwif->OUTB(tasklets[6], IDE_HCYL_REG);
-			hwif->OUTB(0x00|drive->select.all,IDE_SELECT_REG);
 		} else {
-			hwif->OUTB(0x00, IDE_FEATURE_REG);
-			hwif->OUTB(nsectors.b.low, IDE_NSECTOR_REG);
-			hwif->OUTB(block, IDE_SECTOR_REG);
-			hwif->OUTB(block>>=8, IDE_LCYL_REG);
-			hwif->OUTB(block>>=8, IDE_HCYL_REG);
-			hwif->OUTB(((block>>8)&0x0f)|drive->select.all,IDE_SELECT_REG);
+			tf->nsect  = nsectors.b.low;
+			tf->lbal   = block;
+			tf->lbam   = block >>= 8;
+			tf->lbah   = block >>= 8;
+			tf->device = (block >> 8) & 0xf;
 		}
 	} else {
 		unsigned int sect,head,cyl,track;
@@ -217,14 +201,29 @@
 
 		pr_debug("%s: CHS=%u/%u/%u\n", drive->name, cyl, head, sect);
 
-		hwif->OUTB(0x00, IDE_FEATURE_REG);
-		hwif->OUTB(nsectors.b.low, IDE_NSECTOR_REG);
-		hwif->OUTB(sect, IDE_SECTOR_REG);
-		hwif->OUTB(cyl, IDE_LCYL_REG);
-		hwif->OUTB(cyl>>8, IDE_HCYL_REG);
-		hwif->OUTB(head|drive->select.all,IDE_SELECT_REG);
+		tf->nsect  = nsectors.b.low;
+		tf->lbal   = sect;
+		tf->lbam   = cyl;
+		tf->lbah   = cyl >> 8;
+		tf->device = head;
 	}
 
+	if (drive->select.b.lba && lba48) {
+		hwif->OUTB(tf->hob_feature, IDE_FEATURE_REG);
+		hwif->OUTB(tf->hob_nsect, IDE_NSECTOR_REG);
+		hwif->OUTB(tf->hob_lbal, IDE_SECTOR_REG);
+		hwif->OUTB(tf->hob_lbam, IDE_LCYL_REG);
+		hwif->OUTB(tf->hob_lbah, IDE_HCYL_REG);
+	}
+
+	hwif->OUTB(tf->feature, IDE_FEATURE_REG);
+	hwif->OUTB(tf->nsect, IDE_NSECTOR_REG);
+	hwif->OUTB(tf->lbal, IDE_SECTOR_REG);
+	hwif->OUTB(tf->lbam, IDE_LCYL_REG);
+	hwif->OUTB(tf->lbah, IDE_HCYL_REG);
+
+	hwif->OUTB(tf->device | drive->select.all, IDE_SELECT_REG);
+
 	if (dma) {
 		if (!hwif->dma_setup(drive)) {
 			if (rq_data_dir(rq)) {