diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
index e9d042dba0e075572844752dc032e66e6219bcec..09ae30f46070abf933af9df5e379e5cea980ad71 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
@@ -456,6 +456,25 @@ static ide_startstop_t ide_pc_intr(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	return ide_started;
 }
 
+static void ide_pktcmd_tf_load(ide_drive_t *drive, u32 tf_flags, u16 bcount)
+{
+	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
+	ide_task_t task;
+	u8 dma = drive->dma;
+
+	memset(&task, 0, sizeof(task));
+	task.tf_flags = IDE_TFLAG_OUT_LBAH | IDE_TFLAG_OUT_LBAM |
+			IDE_TFLAG_OUT_FEATURE | tf_flags;
+	task.tf.feature = dma;		/* Use PIO/DMA */
+	task.tf.lbam    = bcount & 0xff;
+	task.tf.lbah    = (bcount >> 8) & 0xff;
+
+	ide_tf_dump(drive->name, &task.tf);
+	hwif->tp_ops->set_irq(hwif, 1);
+	SELECT_MASK(drive, 0);
+	hwif->tp_ops->tf_load(drive, &task);
+}
+
 static u8 ide_read_ireason(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
 	ide_task_t task;
@@ -629,7 +648,7 @@ ide_startstop_t ide_issue_pc(ide_drive_t *drive)
 						       : WAIT_TAPE_CMD;
 	}
 
-	ide_pktcmd_tf_load(drive, tf_flags, bcount, drive->dma);
+	ide_pktcmd_tf_load(drive, tf_flags, bcount);
 
 	/* Issue the packet command */
 	if (drive->atapi_flags & IDE_AFLAG_DRQ_INTERRUPT) {
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index a9a6c208288a27173970b705de620fea3e076294..4344b6119d77a7d144638b44c8923e32866993e5 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -1192,26 +1192,6 @@ void ide_do_drive_cmd(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ide_do_drive_cmd);
 
-void ide_pktcmd_tf_load(ide_drive_t *drive, u32 tf_flags, u16 bcount, u8 dma)
-{
-	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
-	ide_task_t task;
-
-	memset(&task, 0, sizeof(task));
-	task.tf_flags = IDE_TFLAG_OUT_LBAH | IDE_TFLAG_OUT_LBAM |
-			IDE_TFLAG_OUT_FEATURE | tf_flags;
-	task.tf.feature = dma;		/* Use PIO/DMA */
-	task.tf.lbam    = bcount & 0xff;
-	task.tf.lbah    = (bcount >> 8) & 0xff;
-
-	ide_tf_dump(drive->name, &task.tf);
-	hwif->tp_ops->set_irq(hwif, 1);
-	SELECT_MASK(drive, 0);
-	hwif->tp_ops->tf_load(drive, &task);
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_pktcmd_tf_load);
-
 void ide_pad_transfer(ide_drive_t *drive, int write, int len)
 {
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 25087aead65768401a8b32b582fd42780401fde1..e7b787de5286cb8bbf9306a80fe2d18e2b9bd6e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -1202,8 +1202,6 @@ void ide_read_bcount_and_ireason(ide_drive_t *, u16 *, u8 *);
 
 extern int drive_is_ready(ide_drive_t *);
 
-void ide_pktcmd_tf_load(ide_drive_t *, u32, u16, u8);
-
 int ide_check_atapi_device(ide_drive_t *, const char *);
 
 void ide_init_pc(struct ide_atapi_pc *);