diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index ac542ffffa49404e6e83cf993b7c084e0794fbd7..0fbc2d8d0d53e724d63e3028154cff8d0a3c0aa0 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -530,8 +530,8 @@ static ide_startstop_t cdrom_start_packet_command(ide_drive_t *drive,
 		info->dma = !hwif->dma_ops->dma_setup(drive);
 
 	/* set up the controller registers */
-	ide_pktcmd_tf_load(drive, IDE_TFLAG_OUT_NSECT | IDE_TFLAG_OUT_LBAL |
-			   IDE_TFLAG_NO_SELECT_MASK, xferlen, info->dma);
+	ide_pktcmd_tf_load(drive, IDE_TFLAG_OUT_NSECT | IDE_TFLAG_OUT_LBAL,
+			   xferlen, info->dma);
 
 	if (info->cd_flags & IDE_CD_FLAG_DRQ_INTERRUPT) {
 		/* waiting for CDB interrupt, not DMA yet. */
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index c5f22ef8ed2419002949eff162aab8b06515253b..5f49a4ae9dd80f773ad913eaaa2adf91d6316682 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t __ide_do_rw_disk(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq,
 	}
 
 	memset(&task, 0, sizeof(task));
-	task.tf_flags = IDE_TFLAG_NO_SELECT_MASK;  /* FIXME? */
-	task.tf_flags |= (IDE_TFLAG_TF | IDE_TFLAG_DEVICE);
+	task.tf_flags = IDE_TFLAG_TF | IDE_TFLAG_DEVICE;
 
 	if (drive->select.b.lba) {
 		if (lba48) {
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index 9161cd92a842890006a496b074d887a8454c469c..1852008d9ee4b6a32662d3f59eb80174da97302b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -667,8 +667,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t idefloppy_issue_pc(ide_drive_t *drive,
 	if ((pc->flags & PC_FLAG_DMA_RECOMMENDED) && drive->using_dma)
 		dma = !hwif->dma_ops->dma_setup(drive);
 
-	ide_pktcmd_tf_load(drive, IDE_TFLAG_NO_SELECT_MASK |
-			   IDE_TFLAG_OUT_DEVICE, bcount, dma);
+	ide_pktcmd_tf_load(drive, IDE_TFLAG_OUT_DEVICE, bcount, dma);
 
 	if (dma) {
 		/* Begin DMA, if necessary */
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
index 2de4c8f581ebfa97ce845da8a846ab2dcf50d2c6..9f9916fe6c2f46ff9bf430390f6a4f05509499ce 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
@@ -121,9 +121,7 @@ static void ide_tf_load(ide_drive_t *drive, ide_task_t *task)
 		HIHI = 0xFF;
 
 	ide_set_irq(drive, 1);
-
-	if ((task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_NO_SELECT_MASK) == 0)
-		SELECT_MASK(drive, 0);
+	SELECT_MASK(drive, 0);
 
 	if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_OUT_DATA) {
 		u16 data = (tf->hob_data << 8) | tf->data;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index a5f0b774527bd3898a4d2d85430992c615b46428..cc7991c7c252695237ec86d5fce5da81ade96b57 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -1046,8 +1046,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t idetape_issue_pc(ide_drive_t *drive,
 	if ((pc->flags & PC_FLAG_DMA_RECOMMENDED) && drive->using_dma)
 		dma_ok = !hwif->dma_ops->dma_setup(drive);
 
-	ide_pktcmd_tf_load(drive, IDE_TFLAG_NO_SELECT_MASK |
-			   IDE_TFLAG_OUT_DEVICE, bcount, dma_ok);
+	ide_pktcmd_tf_load(drive, IDE_TFLAG_OUT_DEVICE, bcount, dma_ok);
 
 	if (dma_ok)
 		/* Will begin DMA later */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
index da261806d62a1fdcfcf3562aeb0791191967ae9c..3222aa589dbf82105bc8d89b98bd36428395093a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t idescsi_issue_pc(ide_drive_t *drive,
 		hwif->sg_mapped = 0;
 	}
 
-	ide_pktcmd_tf_load(drive, IDE_TFLAG_NO_SELECT_MASK, bcount, dma);
+	ide_pktcmd_tf_load(drive, 0, bcount, dma);
 
 	if (dma)
 		pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_DMA_OK;
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 0fa1812d0438a508cee8b9c5bf4184bb92832d8d..d4a910cdb90719b32e8407cd2bd18dfcd25d7d70 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -869,7 +869,6 @@ extern void ide_end_drive_cmd(ide_drive_t *, u8, u8);
 
 enum {
 	IDE_TFLAG_LBA48			= (1 << 0),
-	IDE_TFLAG_NO_SELECT_MASK	= (1 << 1),
 	IDE_TFLAG_FLAGGED		= (1 << 2),
 	IDE_TFLAG_OUT_DATA		= (1 << 3),
 	IDE_TFLAG_OUT_HOB_FEATURE	= (1 << 4),