diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index e205f46..77c6eae 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -672,7 +672,32 @@
 
 static ide_startstop_t ide_special_rq(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 {
-	switch (rq->cmd[0]) {
+	u8 cmd = rq->cmd[0];
+
+	if (cmd == REQ_PARK_HEADS || cmd == REQ_UNPARK_HEADS) {
+		ide_task_t task;
+		struct ide_taskfile *tf = &task.tf;
+
+		memset(&task, 0, sizeof(task));
+		if (cmd == REQ_PARK_HEADS) {
+			drive->sleep = *(unsigned long *)rq->special;
+			drive->dev_flags |= IDE_DFLAG_SLEEPING;
+			tf->command = ATA_CMD_IDLEIMMEDIATE;
+			tf->feature = 0x44;
+			tf->lbal = 0x4c;
+			tf->lbam = 0x4e;
+			tf->lbah = 0x55;
+			task.tf_flags |= IDE_TFLAG_CUSTOM_HANDLER;
+		} else		/* cmd == REQ_UNPARK_HEADS */
+			tf->command = ATA_CMD_CHK_POWER;
+
+		task.tf_flags |= IDE_TFLAG_TF | IDE_TFLAG_DEVICE;
+		task.rq = rq;
+		drive->hwif->data_phase = task.data_phase = TASKFILE_NO_DATA;
+		return do_rw_taskfile(drive, &task);
+	}
+
+	switch (cmd) {
 	case REQ_DEVSET_EXEC:
 	{
 		int err, (*setfunc)(ide_drive_t *, int) = rq->special;
@@ -1008,7 +1033,7 @@
 		}
 		hwgroup->hwif = hwif;
 		hwgroup->drive = drive;
-		drive->dev_flags &= ~IDE_DFLAG_SLEEPING;
+		drive->dev_flags &= ~(IDE_DFLAG_SLEEPING | IDE_DFLAG_PARKED);
 		drive->service_start = jiffies;
 
 		if (blk_queue_plugged(drive->queue)) {