diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index d04f62ab5de1991939a07f965c92bf6142370924..ace8edad6e9620ac685dc0e038a89c6e1d0ef546 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ static int ide_diag_taskfile(ide_drive_t *drive, ide_task_t *args, unsigned long
 	}
 
 	rq.special = args;
+	args->rq = &rq;
 	return ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, &rq, ide_wait);
 }