1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 54a43b044608..1e1f26331a24 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ static void idetape_create_request_sense_cmd(struct ide_atapi_pc *pc)
 
 static void idetape_init_rq(struct request *rq, u8 cmd)
 {
-        memset(rq, 0, sizeof(*rq));
+        blk_rq_init(NULL, rq);
         rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
         rq->cmd[0] = cmd;
 }