diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index 94e9c79c41cf..c0dd0fad16a3 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -463,11 +463,6 @@ blk_status_t ide_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 	struct request	*rq = bd->rq;
 	ide_startstop_t	startstop;
 
-	if (!(rq->rq_flags & RQF_DONTPREP)) {
-		rq->rq_flags |= RQF_DONTPREP;
-		ide_req(rq)->special = NULL;
-	}
-
 	/* HLD do_request() callback might sleep, make sure it's okay */
 	might_sleep();
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index 40384838e439..63627be0811a 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -746,6 +746,7 @@ static void ide_initialize_rq(struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct ide_request *req = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(rq);
 
+	req->special = NULL;
 	scsi_req_init(&req->sreq);
 	req->sreq.sense = req->sense;
 }