diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index a9fbe2c31210cc1400dc2ce132c74211dbd40642..c2438804d3c4a074ae1ea6d95a39a2df325a0869 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -411,7 +411,6 @@ static void idedisk_prepare_flush(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 	cmd->protocol = ATA_PROT_NODATA;
 
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE;
-	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
 	rq->special = cmd;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-ioctls.c b/drivers/ide/ide-ioctls.c
index c1c25ebbaa1fb3ef6abac4bb720946bfd6af90c6..5991b23793f20ee33f164a2dea752804f7580310 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-ioctls.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-ioctls.c
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ static int generic_drive_reset(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
 	rq->cmd_len = 1;
 	rq->cmd[0] = REQ_DRIVE_RESET;
-	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
 	if (blk_execute_rq(drive->queue, NULL, rq, 1))
 		ret = rq->errors;
 	blk_put_request(rq);