1 files changed, 1 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
index da9859f2caf2..b17c4b2bc9ef 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
@@ -390,13 +390,6 @@ static int i2o_block_prep_req_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
                 return BLKPREP_KILL;
         }
 
-        /* request is already processed by us, so return */
-        if (blk_special_request(req)) {
-                osm_debug("REQ_SPECIAL already set!\n");
-                req->cmd_flags |= REQ_DONTPREP;
-                return BLKPREP_OK;
-        }
-
         /* connect the i2o_block_request to the request */
         if (!req->special) {
                 ireq = i2o_block_request_alloc();
@@ -408,11 +401,8 @@ static int i2o_block_prep_req_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
                 ireq->i2o_blk_dev = i2o_blk_dev;
                 req->special = ireq;
                 ireq->req = req;
-        } else
-                ireq = req->special;
-
+        }
         /* do not come back here */
-        req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
         req->cmd_flags |= REQ_DONTPREP;
 
         return BLKPREP_OK;