drive->waiting_for_dma = 1;
        }
 
-       ireason = ide_read_ireason(drive);
-       if (drive->media == ide_tape)
-               ireason = ide_wait_ireason(drive, ireason);
-
-       if ((ireason & ATAPI_COD) == 0 || (ireason & ATAPI_IO)) {
-               printk(KERN_ERR "%s: (IO,CoD) != (0,1) while issuing "
-                               "a packet command\n", drive->name);
-
-               return ide_do_reset(drive);
-       }
-
        if (dev_is_idecd(drive)) {
                /* ATAPI commands get padded out to 12 bytes minimum */
                cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(rq->cmd[0]);
                                                               : WAIT_TAPE_CMD;
                        expiry = NULL;
                }
+
+               ireason = ide_read_ireason(drive);
+               if (drive->media == ide_tape)
+                       ireason = ide_wait_ireason(drive, ireason);
+
+               if ((ireason & ATAPI_COD) == 0 || (ireason & ATAPI_IO)) {
+                       printk(KERN_ERR "%s: (IO,CoD) != (0,1) while issuing "
+                                       "a packet command\n", drive->name);
+
+                       return ide_do_reset(drive);
+               }
        }
 
        /* Set the interrupt routine */