1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index 9a846a0cd5a4..0c908ca3ff79 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -494,8 +494,7 @@ int ide_raw_taskfile(ide_drive_t *drive, ide_task_t *task, u8 *buf, u16 nsect)
 {
         struct request rq;
 
-        memset(&rq, 0, sizeof(rq));
-        rq.ref_count = 1;
+        blk_rq_init(NULL, &rq);
         rq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE;
         rq.buffer = buf;