diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
index 8a894fa37b5..7129495b3e4 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t ide_pc_intr(ide_drive_t *drive)
 						     ? "write" : "read");
 			pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_DMA_ERROR;
 		} else
-			pc->xferred = pc->req_xfer;
+			pc->xferred = blk_rq_bytes(rq);
 		debug_log("%s: DMA finished\n", drive->name);
 	}
 
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ ide_startstop_t ide_issue_pc(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_cmd *cmd)
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
 	ide_expiry_t *expiry = NULL;
 	struct request *rq = hwif->rq;
-	unsigned int timeout;
+	unsigned int timeout, bytes;
 	u16 bcount;
 	u8 valid_tf;
 	u8 drq_int = !!(drive->atapi_flags & IDE_AFLAG_DRQ_INTERRUPT);
@@ -647,9 +647,11 @@ ide_startstop_t ide_issue_pc(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_cmd *cmd)
 		pc->xferred = 0;
 
 		valid_tf = IDE_VALID_DEVICE;
-		bcount = ((drive->media == ide_tape) ?
-				pc->req_xfer :
-				min(pc->req_xfer, 63 * 1024));
+		bytes = blk_rq_bytes(rq);
+
+		bcount = ((drive->media == ide_tape) ? bytes
+						     : min_t(unsigned int,
+							     bytes, 63 * 1024));
 
 		if (pc->flags & PC_FLAG_DMA_ERROR) {
 			pc->flags &= ~PC_FLAG_DMA_ERROR;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index 650981758f1..a1c55985d4a 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static void idefloppy_create_rw_cmd(ide_drive_t *drive,
 	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_RW)
 		pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_WRITING;
 	pc->buf = NULL;
-	pc->req_xfer = pc->buf_size = blocks * floppy->block_size;
+	pc->buf_size = blk_rq_bytes(rq);
 	pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_DMA_OK;
 }
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static void idefloppy_blockpc_cmd(struct ide_disk_obj *floppy,
 	}
 	/* pio will be performed by ide_pio_bytes() which handles sg fine */
 	pc->buf = NULL;
-	pc->req_xfer = pc->buf_size = blk_rq_bytes(rq);
+	pc->buf_size = blk_rq_bytes(rq);
 }
 
 static ide_startstop_t ide_floppy_do_request(ide_drive_t *drive,
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ static ide_startstop_t ide_floppy_do_request(ide_drive_t *drive,
 
 	cmd.rq = rq;
 
-	if (blk_fs_request(rq) || pc->req_xfer) {
-		ide_init_sg_cmd(&cmd, pc->req_xfer);
+	if (blk_fs_request(rq) || blk_rq_bytes(rq)) {
+		ide_init_sg_cmd(&cmd, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
 		ide_map_sg(drive, &cmd);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index fc79cf4812f..aaeef12f80a 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ static void idetape_analyze_error(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 *sense)
 {
 	idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
 	struct ide_atapi_pc *pc = drive->failed_pc;
+	struct request *rq = drive->hwif->rq;
 
 	tape->sense_key = sense[2] & 0xF;
 	tape->asc       = sense[12];
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ static void idetape_analyze_error(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 *sense)
 
 	/* Correct pc->xferred by asking the tape.	 */
 	if (pc->flags & PC_FLAG_DMA_ERROR)
-		pc->xferred = pc->req_xfer -
+		pc->xferred = blk_rq_bytes(rq) -
 			tape->blk_size *
 			get_unaligned_be32(&sense[3]);
 
@@ -484,6 +485,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t ide_tape_issue_pc(ide_drive_t *drive,
 					 struct ide_atapi_pc *pc)
 {
 	idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
+	struct request *rq = drive->hwif->rq;
 
 	if (drive->failed_pc == NULL && pc->c[0] != REQUEST_SENSE)
 		drive->failed_pc = pc;
@@ -493,7 +495,6 @@ static ide_startstop_t ide_tape_issue_pc(ide_drive_t *drive,
 
 	if (pc->retries > IDETAPE_MAX_PC_RETRIES ||
 		(pc->flags & PC_FLAG_ABORT)) {
-		unsigned int done = blk_rq_bytes(drive->hwif->rq);
 
 		/*
 		 * We will "abort" retrying a packet command in case legitimate
@@ -517,7 +518,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t ide_tape_issue_pc(ide_drive_t *drive,
 
 		drive->failed_pc = NULL;
 		drive->pc_callback(drive, 0);
-		ide_complete_rq(drive, -EIO, done);
+		ide_complete_rq(drive, -EIO, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
 		return ide_stopped;
 	}
 	debug_log(DBG_SENSE, "Retry #%d, cmd = %02X\n", pc->retries, pc->c[0]);
@@ -592,9 +593,8 @@ static void ide_tape_create_rw_cmd(idetape_tape_t *tape,
 	put_unaligned(cpu_to_be32(length), (unsigned int *) &pc->c[1]);
 	pc->c[1] = 1;
 	pc->buf = NULL;
-	pc->buf_size = length * tape->blk_size;
-	pc->req_xfer = pc->buf_size;
-	if (pc->req_xfer == tape->buffer_size)
+	pc->buf_size = blk_rq_bytes(rq);
+	if (pc->buf_size == tape->buffer_size)
 		pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_DMA_OK;
 
 	if (opcode == READ_6)
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ out:
 
 	cmd.rq = rq;
 
-	ide_init_sg_cmd(&cmd, pc->req_xfer);
+	ide_init_sg_cmd(&cmd, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
 	ide_map_sg(drive, &cmd);
 
 	return ide_tape_issue_pc(drive, &cmd, pc);