static int cdrom_decode_status(ide_drive_t *drive, int good_stat, int *stat_ret)
 {
        ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
-       struct request *rq = hwif->hwgroup->rq;
+       ide_hwgroup_t *hwgroup = hwif->hwgroup;
+       struct request *rq = hwgroup->rq;
        int stat, err, sense_key;
 
        /* check for errors */
 
                spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
                blkdev_dequeue_request(rq);
-               HWGROUP(drive)->rq = NULL;
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);
 
+               hwgroup->rq = NULL;
+
                cdrom_queue_request_sense(drive, rq->sense, rq);
        } else
                cdrom_end_request(drive, 0);
 static ide_startstop_t cdrom_newpc_intr(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
        ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
-       struct request *rq = HWGROUP(drive)->rq;
+       ide_hwgroup_t *hwgroup = hwif->hwgroup;
+       struct request *rq = hwgroup->rq;
        xfer_func_t *xferfunc;
        ide_expiry_t *expiry = NULL;
        int dma_error = 0, dma, stat, thislen, uptodate = 0;
                spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
                if (__blk_end_request(rq, 0, dlen))
                        BUG();
-               HWGROUP(drive)->rq = NULL;
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);
+
+               hwgroup->rq = NULL;
        } else {
                if (!uptodate)
                        rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILED;
 
 int ide_end_request (ide_drive_t *drive, int uptodate, int nr_sectors)
 {
        unsigned int nr_bytes = nr_sectors << 9;
-       struct request *rq;
+       struct request *rq = drive->hwif->hwgroup->rq;
        unsigned long flags;
        int ret = 1;
 
-       /*
-        * room for locking improvements here, the calls below don't
-        * need the queue lock held at all
-        */
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
-       rq = HWGROUP(drive)->rq;
-
        if (!nr_bytes) {
                if (blk_pc_request(rq))
                        nr_bytes = rq->data_len;
                        nr_bytes = rq->hard_cur_sectors << 9;
        }
 
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
        ret = __ide_end_request(drive, rq, uptodate, nr_bytes, 1);
-
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);
+
        return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ide_end_request);
        unsigned long flags;
        int ret;
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
        BUG_ON(!blk_rq_started(rq));
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
        ret = __ide_end_request(drive, rq, uptodate, nr_sectors << 9, 0);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);
 
                drive->dev_flags &= ~IDE_DFLAG_BLOCKED;
                blk_start_queue(drive->queue);
        }
-       HWGROUP(drive)->rq = NULL;
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);
+
+       drive->hwif->hwgroup->rq = NULL;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
        if (__blk_end_request(rq, 0, 0))
                BUG();
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);
  
 void ide_end_drive_cmd (ide_drive_t *drive, u8 stat, u8 err)
 {
+       ide_hwgroup_t *hwgroup = drive->hwif->hwgroup;
+       struct request *rq = hwgroup->rq;
        unsigned long flags;
-       struct request *rq;
-
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
-       rq = HWGROUP(drive)->rq;
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);
 
        if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) {
                ide_task_t *task = (ide_task_t *)rq->special;
                return;
        }
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
-       HWGROUP(drive)->rq = NULL;
+       hwgroup->rq = NULL;
+
        rq->errors = err;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
        if (unlikely(__blk_end_request(rq, (rq->errors ? -EIO : 0),
                                       blk_rq_bytes(rq))))
                BUG();
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ide_end_drive_cmd);
 
 static void ide_kill_rq(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 
 void ide_do_drive_cmd(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 {
+       ide_hwgroup_t *hwgroup = drive->hwif->hwgroup;
        unsigned long flags;
-       ide_hwgroup_t *hwgroup = HWGROUP(drive);
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
        hwgroup->rq = NULL;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
        __elv_add_request(drive->queue, rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT, 0);
        blk_start_queueing(drive->queue);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);