diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index 8d7e87d..0e333ec 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -195,9 +195,7 @@
 	struct scatterlist *sg = hwif->sg_table;
 	struct scatterlist *cursg = cmd->cursg;
 	struct page *page;
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 	unsigned long flags;
-#endif
 	unsigned int offset;
 	u8 *buf;
 
@@ -218,9 +216,9 @@
 		page = nth_page(page, (offset >> PAGE_SHIFT));
 		offset %= PAGE_SIZE;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-		local_irq_save(flags);
-#endif
+		if (PageHighMem(page))
+			local_irq_save(flags);
+
 		buf = kmap_atomic(page, KM_BIO_SRC_IRQ) + offset;
 
 		cmd->nleft -= nr_bytes;
@@ -238,9 +236,9 @@
 			hwif->tp_ops->input_data(drive, cmd, buf, nr_bytes);
 
 		kunmap_atomic(buf, KM_BIO_SRC_IRQ);
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-		local_irq_restore(flags);
-#endif
+
+		if (PageHighMem(page))
+			local_irq_restore(flags);
 
 		len -= nr_bytes;
 	}