diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index 7ae66233483519ac52cc0921f0b2c61229c6153c..0faae3098295d92341dab12098eb3607ad881121 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static int ide_floppy_get_capacity(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	struct gendisk *disk = floppy->disk;
 	struct ide_atapi_pc pc;
 	u8 *cap_desc;
-	u8 header_len, desc_cnt;
+	u8 pc_buf[256], header_len, desc_cnt;
 	int i, rc = 1, blocks, length;
 
 	drive->bios_cyl = 0;
@@ -395,6 +395,9 @@ static int ide_floppy_get_capacity(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	drive->capacity64 = 0;
 
 	ide_floppy_create_read_capacity_cmd(&pc);
+	pc.buf = &pc_buf[0];
+	pc.buf_size = sizeof(pc_buf);
+
 	if (ide_queue_pc_tail(drive, disk, &pc)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Can't get floppy parameters\n");
 		return 1;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy_ioctl.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy_ioctl.c
index 8f8be8546038d5950d5e944e26871fc7f0186a49..cd8a42027ede72f10c0acd0a96e7c0fb6ad2e4f6 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy_ioctl.c
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ static int ide_floppy_get_format_capacities(ide_drive_t *drive,
 					    int __user *arg)
 {
 	struct ide_disk_obj *floppy = drive->driver_data;
-	u8 header_len, desc_cnt;
 	int i, blocks, length, u_array_size, u_index;
 	int __user *argp;
+	u8 pc_buf[256], header_len, desc_cnt;
 
 	if (get_user(u_array_size, arg))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ static int ide_floppy_get_format_capacities(ide_drive_t *drive,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ide_floppy_create_read_capacity_cmd(pc);
+	pc->buf = &pc_buf[0];
+	pc->buf_size = sizeof(pc_buf);
+
 	if (ide_queue_pc_tail(drive, floppy->disk, pc)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "ide-floppy: Can't get floppy parameters\n");
 		return -EIO;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 64dfa7458f8dad568ad75cd4c9fc9074cd41e747..cafc67d9e2e81e8235ad13ea135a00aefa5e3db3 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -2014,9 +2014,13 @@ static void idetape_get_inquiry_results(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
 	idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
 	struct ide_atapi_pc pc;
+	u8 pc_buf[256];
 	char fw_rev[4], vendor_id[8], product_id[16];
 
 	idetape_create_inquiry_cmd(&pc);
+	pc.buf = &pc_buf[0];
+	pc.buf_size = sizeof(pc_buf);
+
 	if (ide_queue_pc_tail(drive, tape->disk, &pc)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: %s: can't get INQUIRY results\n",
 				tape->name);
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 03c520917b7a7085c984cee6645e98916bf0742e..0f48fbd46028c1837ec13ff07792306026b9d309 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ enum {
  * With each packet command, we allocate a buffer of IDE_PC_BUFFER_SIZE bytes.
  * This is used for several packet commands (not for READ/WRITE commands).
  */
-#define IDE_PC_BUFFER_SIZE	256
+#define IDE_PC_BUFFER_SIZE	64
 #define ATAPI_WAIT_PC		(60 * HZ)
 
 struct ide_atapi_pc {