diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index cc8633cbe133..67fb73559fd5 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -428,13 +428,11 @@ int ide_raw_taskfile(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_cmd *cmd, u8 *buf,
 {
 	struct request *rq;
 	int error;
+	int rw = !(cmd->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_WRITE) ? READ : WRITE;
 
-	rq = blk_get_request(drive->queue, READ, __GFP_WAIT);
+	rq = blk_get_request(drive->queue, rw, __GFP_WAIT);
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE;
 
-	if (cmd->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_WRITE)
-		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW;
-
 	/*
 	 * (ks) We transfer currently only whole sectors.
 	 * This is suffient for now.  But, it would be great,