diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index c034cd965831801273d1f88128a0ebfc5a4c64b4..14bdab15a45401c155a4389d0e5bb829431a0253 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ void ide_pio_bytes(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_cmd *cmd,
 
 	while (len) {
 		unsigned nr_bytes = min(len, cursg->length - cmd->cursg_ofs);
-		int page_is_high;
 
 		page = sg_page(cursg);
 		offset = cursg->offset + cmd->cursg_ofs;
@@ -248,10 +247,6 @@ void ide_pio_bytes(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_cmd *cmd,
 
 		nr_bytes = min_t(unsigned, nr_bytes, (PAGE_SIZE - offset));
 
-		page_is_high = PageHighMem(page);
-		if (page_is_high)
-			local_irq_save(flags);
-
 		buf = kmap_atomic(page) + offset;
 
 		cmd->nleft -= nr_bytes;
@@ -270,9 +265,6 @@ void ide_pio_bytes(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_cmd *cmd,
 
 		kunmap_atomic(buf);
 
-		if (page_is_high)
-			local_irq_restore(flags);
-
 		len -= nr_bytes;
 	}
 }