diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
index f7fe1de..2fb5d28 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@
 	cmd->protocol  = dma ? ATAPI_PROT_DMA : ATAPI_PROT_PIO;
 	cmd->tf_flags |= IDE_TFLAG_OUT_LBAH | IDE_TFLAG_OUT_LBAM |
 			 IDE_TFLAG_OUT_FEATURE | tf_flags;
+	cmd->tf.command = ATA_CMD_PACKET;
 	cmd->tf.feature = dma;		/* Use PIO/DMA */
 	cmd->tf.lbam    = bcount & 0xff;
 	cmd->tf.lbah    = (bcount >> 8) & 0xff;
@@ -638,6 +639,7 @@
 	unsigned int timeout;
 	u32 tf_flags;
 	u16 bcount;
+	u8 drq_int = !!(drive->atapi_flags & IDE_AFLAG_DRQ_INTERRUPT);
 
 	if (dev_is_idecd(drive)) {
 		tf_flags = IDE_TFLAG_OUT_NSECT | IDE_TFLAG_OUT_LBAL;
@@ -687,17 +689,14 @@
 
 	(void)do_rw_taskfile(drive, cmd);
 
-	/* Issue the packet command */
-	if (drive->atapi_flags & IDE_AFLAG_DRQ_INTERRUPT) {
+	if (drq_int) {
 		if (drive->dma)
 			drive->waiting_for_dma = 0;
 		hwif->expiry = expiry;
-		ide_execute_command(drive, ATA_CMD_PACKET, ide_transfer_pc,
-				    timeout);
-		return ide_started;
-	} else {
-		ide_execute_pkt_cmd(drive);
-		return ide_transfer_pc(drive);
 	}
+
+	ide_execute_command(drive, cmd, ide_transfer_pc, timeout);
+
+	return drq_int ? ide_started : ide_transfer_pc(drive);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_issue_pc);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
index 52c1258..5403e4a 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
 /**
  *	ide_execute_command	-	execute an IDE command
  *	@drive: IDE drive to issue the command against
- *	@command: command byte to write
+ *	@cmd: command
  *	@handler: handler for next phase
  *	@timeout: timeout for command
  *
@@ -461,15 +461,18 @@
  *	should go via this function or do equivalent locking.
  */
 
-void ide_execute_command(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 cmd, ide_handler_t *handler,
-			 unsigned timeout)
+void ide_execute_command(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_cmd *cmd,
+			 ide_handler_t *handler, unsigned timeout)
 {
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&hwif->lock, flags);
-	__ide_set_handler(drive, handler, timeout);
-	hwif->tp_ops->exec_command(hwif, cmd);
+	if ((cmd->protocol != ATAPI_PROT_DMA &&
+	     cmd->protocol != ATAPI_PROT_PIO) ||
+	    (drive->atapi_flags & IDE_AFLAG_DRQ_INTERRUPT))
+		__ide_set_handler(drive, handler, timeout);
+	hwif->tp_ops->exec_command(hwif, cmd->tf.command);
 	/*
 	 * Drive takes 400nS to respond, we must avoid the IRQ being
 	 * serviced before that.
@@ -480,18 +483,6 @@
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hwif->lock, flags);
 }
 
-void ide_execute_pkt_cmd(ide_drive_t *drive)
-{
-	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&hwif->lock, flags);
-	hwif->tp_ops->exec_command(hwif, ATA_CMD_PACKET);
-	ndelay(400);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hwif->lock, flags);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_execute_pkt_cmd);
-
 /*
  * ide_wait_not_busy() waits for the currently selected device on the hwif
  * to report a non-busy status, see comments in ide_probe_port().
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index f5cf04c..329fd6f 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@
 	case ATA_PROT_NODATA:
 		if (handler == NULL)
 			handler = task_no_data_intr;
-		ide_execute_command(drive, tf->command, handler,
-				    WAIT_WORSTCASE);
+		ide_execute_command(drive, cmd, handler, WAIT_WORSTCASE);
 		return ide_started;
 	case ATA_PROT_DMA:
 		if ((drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_USING_DMA) == 0 ||
@@ -106,8 +105,7 @@
 		    dma_ops->dma_setup(drive, cmd))
 			return ide_stopped;
 		hwif->expiry = dma_ops->dma_timer_expiry;
-		ide_execute_command(drive, tf->command, ide_dma_intr,
-				    2 * WAIT_CMD);
+		ide_execute_command(drive, cmd, ide_dma_intr, 2 * WAIT_CMD);
 		dma_ops->dma_start(drive);
 	default:
 		return ide_started;