1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/pmac.c b/drivers/ide/pmac.c
index 74625e821a43..904fb54668e8 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pmac.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pmac.c
@@ -1429,10 +1429,10 @@ pmac_ide_build_dmatable(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
         pmac_ide_hwif_t *pmif =
                 (pmac_ide_hwif_t *)dev_get_drvdata(hwif->gendev.parent);
         struct dbdma_cmd *table;
-        int i, count = 0;
         volatile struct dbdma_regs __iomem *dma = pmif->dma_regs;
         struct scatterlist *sg;
         int wr = (rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE);
+        int i = hwif->sg_nents, count = 0;
 
         /* DMA table is already aligned */
         table = (struct dbdma_cmd *) pmif->dma_table_cpu;
@@ -1442,11 +1442,6 @@ pmac_ide_build_dmatable(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
         while (readl(&dma->status) & RUN)
                 udelay(1);
 
-        hwif->sg_nents = i = ide_build_sglist(drive, rq);
-
-        if (!i)
-                return 0;
-
         /* Build DBDMA commands list */
         sg = hwif->sg_table;
         while (i && sg_dma_len(sg)) {