diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 1f5652326489f27ffdd7bac6eb6e33cb110c2540..7ea90de550582d9c0f78a53789150b92ea3edbc1 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -1969,7 +1969,6 @@ static ide_driver_t ide_cdrom_driver = {
 	.remove			= ide_cd_remove,
 	.version		= IDECD_VERSION,
 	.media			= ide_cdrom,
-	.supports_dsc_overlap	= 1,
 	.do_request		= ide_cd_do_request,
 	.end_request		= ide_end_request,
 	.error			= __ide_error,
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index 474070c1ddb6bb2f29cc9c3a568eb039420255a2..08f47cb134256b72665717e7220c865a00d0c4a8 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -980,7 +980,6 @@ static ide_driver_t idedisk_driver = {
 	.shutdown		= ide_device_shutdown,
 	.version		= IDEDISK_VERSION,
 	.media			= ide_disk,
-	.supports_dsc_overlap	= 0,
 	.do_request		= ide_do_rw_disk,
 	.end_request		= ide_end_request,
 	.error			= __ide_error,
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index 673644fdb6f2f8be6cd5a5c21d36ff4112bd4434..de8d42b3f698faff87fcdc4c51aa610aac486fd6 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -1130,7 +1130,6 @@ static ide_driver_t idefloppy_driver = {
 	.remove			= ide_floppy_remove,
 	.version		= IDEFLOPPY_VERSION,
 	.media			= ide_floppy,
-	.supports_dsc_overlap	= 0,
 	.do_request		= idefloppy_do_request,
 	.end_request		= idefloppy_end_request,
 	.error			= __ide_error,
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 7037accb0589df1822d100df9e60a9f5e3784156..1fc1c2a6888fe78aefee3f831cbdc0df792b46e8 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -2607,7 +2607,6 @@ static ide_driver_t idetape_driver = {
 	.remove			= ide_tape_remove,
 	.version		= IDETAPE_VERSION,
 	.media			= ide_tape,
-	.supports_dsc_overlap 	= 1,
 	.do_request		= idetape_do_request,
 	.end_request		= idetape_end_request,
 	.error			= __ide_error,
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index 5b3bfc78dcddc841ef79dd4758d73e004636e777..4d0c661e78a5b78885e7c40262f5f6c2417630b2 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -562,7 +562,6 @@ int generic_ide_ioctl(ide_drive_t *drive, struct file *file, struct block_device
 			unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	ide_driver_t *drv;
 	int err = 0, (*getfunc)(ide_drive_t *), (*setfunc)(ide_drive_t *, int);
 
 	switch (cmd) {
@@ -612,12 +611,12 @@ int generic_ide_ioctl(ide_drive_t *drive, struct file *file, struct block_device
 			if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) return -EACCES;
 			if (arg != (arg & ((1 << IDE_NICE_DSC_OVERLAP) | (1 << IDE_NICE_1))))
 				return -EPERM;
-			drive->dsc_overlap = (arg >> IDE_NICE_DSC_OVERLAP) & 1;
-			drv = *(ide_driver_t **)bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
-			if (drive->dsc_overlap && !drv->supports_dsc_overlap) {
-				drive->dsc_overlap = 0;
+			if (((arg >> IDE_NICE_DSC_OVERLAP) & 1) &&
+			    (drive->media == ide_disk ||
+			     drive->media == ide_floppy ||
+			     drive->scsi))
 				return -EPERM;
-			}
+			drive->dsc_overlap = (arg >> IDE_NICE_DSC_OVERLAP) & 1;
 			drive->nice1 = (arg >> IDE_NICE_1) & 1;
 			return 0;
 		case HDIO_DRIVE_RESET:
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
index 65cf84b222c57d33c1af31c90d74d381027e663f..a2d003c5e85f373f20226b6768343d1eb446ee2a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
@@ -522,7 +522,6 @@ static ide_driver_t idescsi_driver = {
 	.remove			= ide_scsi_remove,
 	.version		= IDESCSI_VERSION,
 	.media			= ide_scsi,
-	.supports_dsc_overlap	= 0,
 	.do_request		= idescsi_do_request,
 	.end_request		= idescsi_end_request,
 	.error                  = idescsi_atapi_error,
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 9cb935f2e7cee28e28b227fc9bfa3f4203ac0f46..e5622bb5a4a1fbac590f97f441ba3bfcbb50fbda 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -912,7 +912,6 @@ enum {
 struct ide_driver_s {
 	const char			*version;
 	u8				media;
-	unsigned supports_dsc_overlap	: 1;
 	ide_startstop_t	(*do_request)(ide_drive_t *, struct request *, sector_t);
 	int		(*end_request)(ide_drive_t *, int, int);
 	ide_startstop_t	(*error)(ide_drive_t *, struct request *rq, u8, u8);