diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index 4cece930114cf637cbacfc239b0a6aa3f083e5b6..f36ff5962af68a0acdbb7bca742a1b6bfc212097 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -322,41 +322,6 @@ static void ide_complete_pm_request (ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);
 }
 
-/*
- * FIXME: probably move this somewhere else, name is bad too :)
- */
-u64 ide_get_error_location(ide_drive_t *drive, char *args)
-{
-	u32 high, low;
-	u8 hcyl, lcyl, sect;
-	u64 sector;
-
-	high = 0;
-	hcyl = args[5];
-	lcyl = args[4];
-	sect = args[3];
-
-	if (ide_id_has_flush_cache_ext(drive->id)) {
-		low = (hcyl << 16) | (lcyl << 8) | sect;
-		HWIF(drive)->OUTB(drive->ctl|0x80, IDE_CONTROL_REG);
-		high = ide_read_24(drive);
-	} else {
-		u8 cur = HWIF(drive)->INB(IDE_SELECT_REG);
-		if (cur & 0x40) {
-			high = cur & 0xf;
-			low = (hcyl << 16) | (lcyl << 8) | sect;
-		} else {
-			low = hcyl * drive->head * drive->sect;
-			low += lcyl * drive->sect;
-			low += sect - 1;
-		}
-	}
-
-	sector = ((u64) high << 24) | low;
-	return sector;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ide_get_error_location);
-
 /**
  *	ide_end_drive_cmd	-	end an explicit drive command
  *	@drive: command 
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 02a27e8cbad2b250becd2edeb7d3c40102ac40bd..234fa3df24f6a9014f9fb053c076e1787d326da6 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -1092,11 +1092,6 @@ extern ide_startstop_t ide_do_reset (ide_drive_t *);
  */
 extern void ide_init_drive_cmd (struct request *rq);
 
-/*
- * this function returns error location sector offset in case of a write error
- */
-extern u64 ide_get_error_location(ide_drive_t *, char *);
-
 /*
  * "action" parameter type for ide_do_drive_cmd() below.
  */