diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index 90e5c0deb0e02da84e28a3c19993c614732f5c00..3a5224cbd0f2edc9dac0dab79309c3bdf18d0dcc 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ void ide_pio_bytes(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_cmd *cmd,
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
 	struct scatterlist *sg = hwif->sg_table;
 	struct scatterlist *cursg = cmd->cursg;
+	unsigned long uninitialized_var(flags);
 	struct page *page;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int offset;
 	u8 *buf;