diff --git a/drivers/ide/cris/ide-cris.c b/drivers/ide/cris/ide-cris.c
index ac645263fd09216edae8c7ebaa84b8d43230fd91..00587a8c2ba1ad30c20d544ea81791761c1ec295 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/cris/ide-cris.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/cris/ide-cris.c
@@ -1034,11 +1034,7 @@ static int cris_dma_setup(ide_drive_t *drive)
 
 static void cris_dma_exec_cmd(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 command)
 {
-	/* set the irq handler which will finish the request when DMA is done */
-	ide_set_handler(drive, &cris_dma_intr, WAIT_CMD, NULL);
-
-	/* issue cmd to drive */
-	cris_ide_outb(command, IDE_COMMAND_REG);
+	ide_execute_command(drive, command, &cris_dma_intr, WAIT_CMD, NULL);
 }
 
 static void cris_dma_start(ide_drive_t *drive)