diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 8dfc68892d6a..7149224d1fe9 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -892,7 +892,6 @@ static int idetape_queue_rw_tail(ide_drive_t *drive, int cmd, int size)
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
 	rq->cmd[13] = cmd;
 	rq->rq_disk = tape->disk;
-	rq->sector = tape->first_frame;
 
 	if (size) {
 		ret = blk_rq_map_kern(drive->queue, rq, tape->buf, size,