1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index e12d60278210..eb4b27548caf 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -517,14 +517,9 @@ static ide_startstop_t cdrom_start_packet_command(ide_drive_t *drive,
                                                   int xferlen,
                                                   ide_handler_t *handler)
 {
-        ide_startstop_t startstop;
         struct cdrom_info *info = drive->driver_data;
         ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
 
-        /* wait for the controller to be idle */
-        if (ide_wait_stat(&startstop, drive, 0, BUSY_STAT, WAIT_READY))
-                return startstop;
-
         /* FIXME: for Virtual DMA we must check harder */
         if (info->dma)
                 info->dma = !hwif->dma_ops->dma_setup(drive);