cmd->protocol  = dma ? ATAPI_PROT_DMA : ATAPI_PROT_PIO;
        cmd->tf_flags |= IDE_TFLAG_OUT_LBAH | IDE_TFLAG_OUT_LBAM |
                         IDE_TFLAG_OUT_FEATURE | tf_flags;
+       cmd->tf.command = ATA_CMD_PACKET;
        cmd->tf.feature = dma;          /* Use PIO/DMA */
        cmd->tf.lbam    = bcount & 0xff;
        cmd->tf.lbah    = (bcount >> 8) & 0xff;
        unsigned int timeout;
        u32 tf_flags;
        u16 bcount;
+       u8 drq_int = !!(drive->atapi_flags & IDE_AFLAG_DRQ_INTERRUPT);
 
        if (dev_is_idecd(drive)) {
                tf_flags = IDE_TFLAG_OUT_NSECT | IDE_TFLAG_OUT_LBAL;
 
        (void)do_rw_taskfile(drive, cmd);
 
-       /* Issue the packet command */
-       if (drive->atapi_flags & IDE_AFLAG_DRQ_INTERRUPT) {
+       if (drq_int) {
                if (drive->dma)
                        drive->waiting_for_dma = 0;
                hwif->expiry = expiry;
-               ide_execute_command(drive, ATA_CMD_PACKET, ide_transfer_pc,
-                                   timeout);
-               return ide_started;
-       } else {
-               ide_execute_pkt_cmd(drive);
-               return ide_transfer_pc(drive);
        }
+
+       ide_execute_command(drive, cmd, ide_transfer_pc, timeout);
+
+       return drq_int ? ide_started : ide_transfer_pc(drive);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_issue_pc);
 
 /**
  *     ide_execute_command     -       execute an IDE command
  *     @drive: IDE drive to issue the command against
- *     @command: command byte to write
+ *     @cmd: command
  *     @handler: handler for next phase
  *     @timeout: timeout for command
  *
  *     should go via this function or do equivalent locking.
  */
 
-void ide_execute_command(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 cmd, ide_handler_t *handler,
-                        unsigned timeout)
+void ide_execute_command(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_cmd *cmd,
+                        ide_handler_t *handler, unsigned timeout)
 {
        ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
        unsigned long flags;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&hwif->lock, flags);
-       __ide_set_handler(drive, handler, timeout);
-       hwif->tp_ops->exec_command(hwif, cmd);
+       if ((cmd->protocol != ATAPI_PROT_DMA &&
+            cmd->protocol != ATAPI_PROT_PIO) ||
+           (drive->atapi_flags & IDE_AFLAG_DRQ_INTERRUPT))
+               __ide_set_handler(drive, handler, timeout);
+       hwif->tp_ops->exec_command(hwif, cmd->tf.command);
        /*
         * Drive takes 400nS to respond, we must avoid the IRQ being
         * serviced before that.
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hwif->lock, flags);
 }
 
-void ide_execute_pkt_cmd(ide_drive_t *drive)
-{
-       ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
-       unsigned long flags;
-
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&hwif->lock, flags);
-       hwif->tp_ops->exec_command(hwif, ATA_CMD_PACKET);
-       ndelay(400);
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hwif->lock, flags);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_execute_pkt_cmd);
-
 /*
  * ide_wait_not_busy() waits for the currently selected device on the hwif
  * to report a non-busy status, see comments in ide_probe_port().
 
        case ATA_PROT_NODATA:
                if (handler == NULL)
                        handler = task_no_data_intr;
-               ide_execute_command(drive, tf->command, handler,
-                                   WAIT_WORSTCASE);
+               ide_execute_command(drive, cmd, handler, WAIT_WORSTCASE);
                return ide_started;
        case ATA_PROT_DMA:
                if ((drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_USING_DMA) == 0 ||
                    dma_ops->dma_setup(drive, cmd))
                        return ide_stopped;
                hwif->expiry = dma_ops->dma_timer_expiry;
-               ide_execute_command(drive, tf->command, ide_dma_intr,
-                                   2 * WAIT_CMD);
+               ide_execute_command(drive, cmd, ide_dma_intr, 2 * WAIT_CMD);
                dma_ops->dma_start(drive);
        default:
                return ide_started;
 
 void __ide_set_handler(ide_drive_t *, ide_handler_t *, unsigned int);
 void ide_set_handler(ide_drive_t *, ide_handler_t *, unsigned int);
 
-void ide_execute_command(ide_drive_t *, u8, ide_handler_t *, unsigned int);
-
-void ide_execute_pkt_cmd(ide_drive_t *);
+void ide_execute_command(ide_drive_t *, struct ide_cmd *, ide_handler_t *,
+                        unsigned int);
 
 void ide_pad_transfer(ide_drive_t *, int, int);