diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_hpt37x.c b/drivers/ata/pata_hpt37x.c
index 81ab57003aba8751d70cd4d3517985bbbd8cd706..122c786449a90d1c2f401232b127dfa9d26d10b5 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_hpt37x.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_hpt37x.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2003		Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
  * Portions Copyright (C) 2001	        Sun Microsystems, Inc.
  * Portions Copyright (C) 2003		Red Hat Inc
- * Portions Copyright (C) 2005-2007	MontaVista Software, Inc.
+ * Portions Copyright (C) 2005-2009	MontaVista Software, Inc.
  *
  * TODO
  *	Look into engine reset on timeout errors. Should not be	required.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/libata.h>
 
 #define DRV_NAME	"pata_hpt37x"
-#define DRV_VERSION	"0.6.11"
+#define DRV_VERSION	"0.6.12"
 
 struct hpt_clock {
 	u8	xfer_speed;
@@ -444,23 +444,6 @@ static void hpt370_set_dmamode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
 	pci_write_config_dword(pdev, addr1, reg | mode);
 }
 
-/**
- *	hpt370_bmdma_start		-	DMA engine begin
- *	@qc: ATA command
- *
- *	The 370 and 370A want us to reset the DMA engine each time we
- *	use it. The 372 and later are fine.
- */
-
-static void hpt370_bmdma_start(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
-{
-	struct ata_port *ap = qc->ap;
-	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(ap->host->dev);
-	pci_write_config_byte(pdev, 0x50 + 4 * ap->port_no, 0x37);
-	udelay(10);
-	ata_bmdma_start(qc);
-}
-
 /**
  *	hpt370_bmdma_end		-	DMA engine stop
  *	@qc: ATA command
@@ -598,7 +581,6 @@ static struct scsi_host_template hpt37x_sht = {
 static struct ata_port_operations hpt370_port_ops = {
 	.inherits	= &ata_bmdma_port_ops,
 
-	.bmdma_start 	= hpt370_bmdma_start,
 	.bmdma_stop	= hpt370_bmdma_stop,
 
 	.mode_filter	= hpt370_filter,