diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index 8cab3c26acda65650b4e8831344e7facb7e024bf..fbcb4151b0b7a98e92b09b0a79e7e78c08e82a19 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ ide_startstop_t do_rw_taskfile(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_cmd *orig_cmd)
 	if ((cmd->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_DMA_PIO_FALLBACK) == 0) {
 		ide_tf_dump(drive->name, cmd);
 		tp_ops->write_devctl(hwif, ATA_DEVCTL_OBS);
-		SELECT_MASK(drive, 0);
 
 		if (cmd->ftf_flags & IDE_FTFLAG_OUT_DATA) {
 			u8 data[2] = { cmd->tf.data, cmd->hob.data };