diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 7917cd576446..ac542ffffa49 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -188,16 +188,6 @@ static void cdrom_analyze_sense_data(ide_drive_t *drive,
 	ide_cd_log_error(drive->name, failed_command, sense);
 }
 
-/* Initialize a ide-cd packet command request */
-void ide_cd_init_rq(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
-{
-	struct cdrom_info *cd = drive->driver_data;
-
-	blk_rq_init(NULL, rq);
-	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_PC;
-	rq->rq_disk = cd->disk;
-}
-
 static void cdrom_queue_request_sense(ide_drive_t *drive, void *sense,
 				      struct request *failed_command)
 {
@@ -208,7 +198,9 @@ static void cdrom_queue_request_sense(ide_drive_t *drive, void *sense,
 		sense = &info->sense_data;
 
 	/* stuff the sense request in front of our current request */
-	ide_cd_init_rq(drive, rq);
+	blk_rq_init(NULL, rq);
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_PC;
+	rq->rq_disk = info->disk;
 
 	rq->data = sense;
 	rq->cmd[0] = GPCMD_REQUEST_SENSE;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.h b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.h
index df01cfd797cf..fe0ea36e4124 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.h
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.h
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ struct cdrom_info {
 void ide_cd_log_error(const char *, struct request *, struct request_sense *);
 
 /* ide-cd.c functions used by ide-cd_ioctl.c */
-void ide_cd_init_rq(ide_drive_t *, struct request *);
 int ide_cd_queue_pc(ide_drive_t *, const unsigned char *, int, void *,
 		    unsigned *, struct request_sense *, int, unsigned int);
 int ide_cd_read_toc(ide_drive_t *, struct request_sense *);