blocks, tape->merge_stage->bh);
 }
 
-static void idetape_empty_write_pipeline(ide_drive_t *drive)
+static void ide_tape_flush_merge_buffer(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
        idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
        int blocks, min;
        /* Initialize read operation */
        if (tape->chrdev_dir != IDETAPE_DIR_READ) {
                if (tape->chrdev_dir == IDETAPE_DIR_WRITE) {
-                       idetape_empty_write_pipeline(drive);
+                       ide_tape_flush_merge_buffer(drive);
                        idetape_flush_tape_buffers(drive);
                }
                if (tape->merge_stage || tape->merge_stage_size) {
        debug_log(DBG_CHRDEV, "Enter %s, cmd=%u\n", __func__, cmd);
 
        if (tape->chrdev_dir == IDETAPE_DIR_WRITE) {
-               idetape_empty_write_pipeline(drive);
+               ide_tape_flush_merge_buffer(drive);
                idetape_flush_tape_buffers(drive);
        }
        if (cmd == MTIOCGET || cmd == MTIOCPOS) {
 {
        idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
 
-       idetape_empty_write_pipeline(drive);
+       ide_tape_flush_merge_buffer(drive);
        tape->merge_stage = ide_tape_kmalloc_buffer(tape, 1, 0);
        if (tape->merge_stage != NULL) {
                idetape_pad_zeros(drive, tape->blk_size *