diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index 788783da9025804eb5af6e6f02134f7efbd411ba..696525342e9a56977c1d2ac88d72497be5a7e866 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -1550,8 +1550,7 @@ irqreturn_t ide_intr (int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 void ide_init_drive_cmd (struct request *rq)
 {
-	memset(rq, 0, sizeof(*rq));
-	rq->ref_count = 1;
+	blk_rq_init(NULL, rq);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ide_init_drive_cmd);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 54a43b0446081fdc2e38887aa3b296e0bbbb14f8..1e1f26331a24dd2c4aa3bc0028c216cd6f1c2c40 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ static void idetape_create_request_sense_cmd(struct ide_atapi_pc *pc)
 
 static void idetape_init_rq(struct request *rq, u8 cmd)
 {
-	memset(rq, 0, sizeof(*rq));
+	blk_rq_init(NULL, rq);
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
 	rq->cmd[0] = cmd;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index 9a846a0cd5a462c01e403069fef737d745dce88c..0c908ca3ff79654ac3d0bf8fe500f32658d84016 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -494,8 +494,7 @@ int ide_raw_taskfile(ide_drive_t *drive, ide_task_t *task, u8 *buf, u16 nsect)
 {
 	struct request rq;
 
-	memset(&rq, 0, sizeof(rq));
-	rq.ref_count = 1;
+	blk_rq_init(NULL, &rq);
 	rq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE;
 	rq.buffer = buf;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index 999584c03d9766d8bd1a9b083167e23e2cb39965..c758dcb13b14209a97bfdca02ef056ee113712a7 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static int generic_ide_suspend(struct device *dev, pm_message_t mesg)
 	if (!(drive->dn % 2))
 		ide_acpi_get_timing(hwif);
 
-	memset(&rq, 0, sizeof(rq));
+	blk_rq_init(NULL, &rq);
 	memset(&rqpm, 0, sizeof(rqpm));
 	memset(&args, 0, sizeof(args));
 	rq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_PM_SUSPEND;
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ static int generic_ide_resume(struct device *dev)
 
 	ide_acpi_exec_tfs(drive);
 
-	memset(&rq, 0, sizeof(rq));
+	blk_rq_init(NULL, &rq);
 	memset(&rqpm, 0, sizeof(rqpm));
 	memset(&args, 0, sizeof(args));
 	rq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_PM_RESUME;