diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd_ioctl.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd_ioctl.c
index 474173eb31bb345c86bf31fcb195a44432ee14ad..5887a7a09e3702a1d13f14e7adf9e04f1eea4250 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd_ioctl.c
@@ -459,9 +459,6 @@ int ide_cdrom_packet(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
 	   layer. the packet must be complete, as we do not
 	   touch it at all. */
 
-	if (cgc->data_direction == CGC_DATA_WRITE)
-		flags |= REQ_WRITE;
-
 	if (cgc->sense)
 		memset(cgc->sense, 0, sizeof(struct request_sense));