diff --git a/drivers/ide/h8300/ide-h8300.c b/drivers/ide/h8300/ide-h8300.c
index ecf53bb0d2aa..d5afc28eaae7 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/h8300/ide-h8300.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/h8300/ide-h8300.c
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ static void h8300_tf_load(ide_drive_t *drive, ide_task_t *task)
 	if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_FLAGGED)
 		HIHI = 0xFF;
 
-	ide_set_irq(drive, 1);
-
 	if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_OUT_DATA)
 		mm_outw((tf->hob_data << 8) | tf->data, io_ports->data_addr);
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index c22a337ced4e..2083cc08b2ce 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -1579,6 +1579,8 @@ void ide_pktcmd_tf_load(ide_drive_t *drive, u32 tf_flags, u16 bcount, u8 dma)
 	task.tf.lbah    = (bcount >> 8) & 0xff;
 
 	ide_tf_dump(drive->name, &task.tf);
+	ide_set_irq(drive, 1);
+	SELECT_MASK(drive, 0);
 	drive->hwif->tf_load(drive, &task);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
index 9f9916fe6c2f..491980aab866 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ void SELECT_DRIVE (ide_drive_t *drive)
 	hwif->OUTB(drive->select.all, hwif->io_ports.device_addr);
 }
 
-static void SELECT_MASK(ide_drive_t *drive, int mask)
+void SELECT_MASK(ide_drive_t *drive, int mask)
 {
 	const struct ide_port_ops *port_ops = drive->hwif->port_ops;
 
@@ -120,9 +120,6 @@ static void ide_tf_load(ide_drive_t *drive, ide_task_t *task)
 	if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_FLAGGED)
 		HIHI = 0xFF;
 
-	ide_set_irq(drive, 1);
-	SELECT_MASK(drive, 0);
-
 	if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_OUT_DATA) {
 		u16 data = (tf->hob_data << 8) | tf->data;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index b6a1c4b51129..6a17ab54f801 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ ide_startstop_t do_rw_taskfile (ide_drive_t *drive, ide_task_t *task)
 
 	if ((task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_DMA_PIO_FALLBACK) == 0) {
 		ide_tf_dump(drive->name, tf);
+		ide_set_irq(drive, 1);
+		SELECT_MASK(drive, 0);
 		hwif->tf_load(drive, task);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/scc_pata.c b/drivers/ide/pci/scc_pata.c
index 910fb00deb71..37e8cfcabb4b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/scc_pata.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/scc_pata.c
@@ -662,8 +662,6 @@ static void scc_tf_load(ide_drive_t *drive, ide_task_t *task)
 	if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_FLAGGED)
 		HIHI = 0xFF;
 
-	ide_set_irq(drive, 1);
-
 	if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_OUT_DATA)
 		out_be32((void *)io_ports->data_addr,
 			 (tf->hob_data << 8) | tf->data);
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index d4a910cdb907..56d0bc2dffee 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -973,6 +973,7 @@ typedef struct ide_task_s {
 void ide_tf_dump(const char *, struct ide_taskfile *);
 
 extern void SELECT_DRIVE(ide_drive_t *);
+void SELECT_MASK(ide_drive_t *, int);
 
 extern int drive_is_ready(ide_drive_t *);