diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
index 09ae30f46070..3044c51c06a5 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
@@ -149,7 +149,10 @@ static void ide_queue_pc_head(ide_drive_t *drive, struct gendisk *disk,
 	memcpy(rq->cmd, pc->c, 12);
 	if (drive->media == ide_tape)
 		rq->cmd[13] = REQ_IDETAPE_PC1;
-	ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, rq);
+
+	drive->hwif->rq = NULL;
+
+	elv_add_request(drive->queue, rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT, 0);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index ddfbea41d296..2177cd11664c 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -242,7 +242,9 @@ static void cdrom_queue_request_sense(ide_drive_t *drive, void *sense,
 		ide_debug_log(IDE_DBG_SENSE, "failed_cmd: 0x%x\n",
 			      failed_command->cmd[0]);
 
-	ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, rq);
+	drive->hwif->rq = NULL;
+
+	elv_add_request(drive->queue, rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT, 0);
 }
 
 static void cdrom_end_request(ide_drive_t *drive, int uptodate)
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index 557b15700ea2..56be3375bee4 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -1129,34 +1129,6 @@ out_early:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_intr);
 
-/**
- *	ide_do_drive_cmd	-	issue IDE special command
- *	@drive: device to issue command
- *	@rq: request to issue
- *
- *	This function issues a special IDE device request
- *	onto the request queue.
- *
- *	the rq is queued at the head of the request queue, displacing
- *	the currently-being-processed request and this function
- *	returns immediately without waiting for the new rq to be
- *	completed.  This is VERY DANGEROUS, and is intended for
- *	careful use by the ATAPI tape/cdrom driver code.
- */
-
-void ide_do_drive_cmd(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
-{
-	struct request_queue *q = drive->queue;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	drive->hwif->rq = NULL;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	__elv_add_request(q, rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT, 0);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ide_do_drive_cmd);
-
 void ide_pad_transfer(ide_drive_t *drive, int write, int len)
 {
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index d0065a90452b..8fadffe53cde 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -1174,8 +1174,6 @@ extern ide_startstop_t ide_do_reset (ide_drive_t *);
 extern int ide_devset_execute(ide_drive_t *drive,
 			      const struct ide_devset *setting, int arg);
 
-extern void ide_do_drive_cmd(ide_drive_t *, struct request *);
-
 extern void ide_end_drive_cmd(ide_drive_t *, u8, u8);
 
 void ide_tf_dump(const char *, struct ide_taskfile *);