diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
index 5fa4c8e..fda4a394 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
@@ -981,8 +981,6 @@
 	__u64 offset;
 	int len;
 
-	if(req->rq_status == RQ_INACTIVE) return(1);
-
 	/* This should be impossible now */
 	if((rq_data_dir(req) == WRITE) && !dev->openflags.w){
 		printk("Write attempted on readonly ubd device %s\n",
diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index f746250..b94a396 100644
--- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->donelist);
 
 	rq->errors = 0;
-	rq->rq_status = RQ_ACTIVE;
 	rq->bio = rq->biotail = NULL;
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&rq->hash);
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&rq->rb_node);
@@ -2685,8 +2684,6 @@
 
 	elv_completed_request(q, req);
 
-	req->rq_status = RQ_INACTIVE;
-
 	/*
 	 * Request may not have originated from ll_rw_blk. if not,
 	 * it didn't come out of our reserved rq pools
diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pd.c b/drivers/block/paride/pd.c
index 500d2eb..38578b9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/paride/pd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/paride/pd.c
@@ -719,7 +719,6 @@
 
 	memset(&rq, 0, sizeof(rq));
 	rq.errors = 0;
-	rq.rq_status = RQ_ACTIVE;
 	rq.rq_disk = disk->gd;
 	rq.ref_count = 1;
 	rq.end_io_data = &wait;
diff --git a/drivers/block/swim3.c b/drivers/block/swim3.c
index cc42e76..f2305ee 100644
--- a/drivers/block/swim3.c
+++ b/drivers/block/swim3.c
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@
 		printk("do_fd_req: dev=%s cmd=%d sec=%ld nr_sec=%ld buf=%p\n",
 		       req->rq_disk->disk_name, req->cmd,
 		       (long)req->sector, req->nr_sectors, req->buffer);
-		printk("           rq_status=%d errors=%d current_nr_sectors=%ld\n",
-		       req->rq_status, req->errors, req->current_nr_sectors);
+		printk("           errors=%d current_nr_sectors=%ld\n",
+		       req->errors, req->current_nr_sectors);
 #endif
 
 		if (req->sector < 0 || req->sector >= fs->total_secs) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/swim_iop.c b/drivers/block/swim_iop.c
index 89e3c2f..dfda796e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/swim_iop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/swim_iop.c
@@ -529,8 +529,8 @@
 		printk("do_fd_req: dev=%s cmd=%d sec=%ld nr_sec=%ld buf=%p\n",
 		       CURRENT->rq_disk->disk_name, CURRENT->cmd,
 		       CURRENT->sector, CURRENT->nr_sectors, CURRENT->buffer);
-		printk("           rq_status=%d errors=%d current_nr_sectors=%ld\n",
-		       CURRENT->rq_status, CURRENT->errors, CURRENT->current_nr_sectors);
+		printk("           errors=%d current_nr_sectors=%ld\n",
+		      CURRENT->errors, CURRENT->current_nr_sectors);
 #endif
 
 		if (CURRENT->sector < 0 || CURRENT->sector >= fs->total_secs) {
diff --git a/drivers/fc4/fc.c b/drivers/fc4/fc.c
index 1a159e8..22d1747 100644
--- a/drivers/fc4/fc.c
+++ b/drivers/fc4/fc.c
@@ -974,7 +974,6 @@
 	 */
 
 	fc->rst_pkt->device->host->eh_action = &sem;
-	fc->rst_pkt->request->rq_status = RQ_SCSI_BUSY;
 
 	fc->rst_pkt->done = fcp_scsi_reset_done;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index 0edc322..8ccee9c 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -1281,8 +1281,7 @@
 	idefloppy_pc_t *pc;
 	unsigned long block = (unsigned long)block_s;
 
-	debug_log(KERN_INFO "rq_status: %d, dev: %s, flags: %lx, errors: %d\n",
-			rq->rq_status,
+	debug_log(KERN_INFO "dev: %s, flags: %lx, errors: %d\n",
 			rq->rq_disk ? rq->rq_disk->disk_name : "?",
 			rq->flags, rq->errors);
 	debug_log(KERN_INFO "sector: %ld, nr_sectors: %ld, "
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index a3ffb04..38479a29 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -1710,7 +1710,6 @@
 	int must_wait = (action == ide_wait || action == ide_head_wait);
 
 	rq->errors = 0;
-	rq->rq_status = RQ_ACTIVE;
 
 	/*
 	 * we need to hold an extra reference to request for safe inspection
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 66f9678..2ebc376 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -2423,8 +2423,8 @@
 #if IDETAPE_DEBUG_LOG
 #if 0
 	if (tape->debug_level >= 5)
-		printk(KERN_INFO "ide-tape: rq_status: %d, "
-			"dev: %s, cmd: %ld, errors: %d\n", rq->rq_status,
+		printk(KERN_INFO "ide-tape:  %d, "
+			"dev: %s, cmd: %ld, errors: %d\n",
 			 rq->rq_disk->disk_name, rq->cmd[0], rq->errors);
 #endif
 	if (tape->debug_level >= 2)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
index 65b1969..1427a41 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@
 static ide_startstop_t idescsi_do_request (ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq, sector_t block)
 {
 #if IDESCSI_DEBUG_LOG
-	printk (KERN_INFO "rq_status: %d, dev: %s, cmd: %x, errors: %d\n",rq->rq_status, rq->rq_disk->disk_name,rq->cmd[0],rq->errors);
+	printk (KERN_INFO "dev: %s, cmd: %x, errors: %d\n", rq->rq_disk->disk_name,rq->cmd[0],rq->errors);
 	printk (KERN_INFO "sector: %ld, nr_sectors: %ld, current_nr_sectors: %d\n",rq->sector,rq->nr_sectors,rq->current_nr_sectors);
 #endif /* IDESCSI_DEBUG_LOG */
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
index 7a054f9..12f6639 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&sdev->list_lock, flags);
 	list_for_each_entry(scmd, &sdev->cmd_list, list) {
-		if (scmd->request && scmd->request->rq_status != RQ_INACTIVE) {
+		if (scmd->request) {
 			/*
 			 * If we are unable to remove the timer, it means
 			 * that the command has already timed out or
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index d4c1dd0..8a3e309 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -243,8 +243,6 @@
 
 	void *completion_data;
 
-	int rq_status;	/* should split this into a few status bits */
-	int errors;
 	struct gendisk *rq_disk;
 	unsigned long start_time;
 
@@ -262,14 +260,16 @@
 
 	unsigned short ioprio;
 
-	int tag;
-
-	int ref_count;
 	request_queue_t *q;
 
 	void *special;
 	char *buffer;
 
+	int tag;
+	int errors;
+
+	int ref_count;
+
 	/*
 	 * when request is used as a packet command carrier
 	 */
@@ -456,9 +456,6 @@
 	struct mutex		sysfs_lock;
 };
 
-#define RQ_INACTIVE		(-1)
-#define RQ_ACTIVE		1
-
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER	0	/* cluster several segments into 1 */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_QUEUED	1	/* uses generic tag queueing */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_STOPPED	2	/* queue is stopped */