if (uptodate == 0)
                        drive->failed_pc = NULL;
 
-               if (blk_special_request(rq))
+               if (blk_special_request(rq)) {
+                       rq->errors = 0;
                        ide_complete_rq(drive, 0);
-               else
+               } else
                        ide_end_request(drive, uptodate, 0);
 
                return ide_stopped;
 
 
        /* retry only "normal" I/O: */
        if (!blk_fs_request(rq)) {
-               rq->errors = 1;
                if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) {
                        struct ide_cmd *cmd = rq->special;
 
                        if (cmd)
                                ide_complete_cmd(drive, cmd, stat, err);
                } else if (blk_pm_request(rq)) {
+                       rq->errors = 1;
                        ide_complete_pm_rq(drive, rq);
                        return ide_stopped;
                }
-               ide_complete_rq(drive, err);
+               rq->errors = err;
+               ide_complete_rq(drive, err ? -EIO : 0);
                return ide_stopped;
        }
 
 
                        printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: I/O error\n", drive->name);
 
                if (blk_special_request(rq)) {
-                       rq->errors = IDE_DRV_ERROR_GENERAL;
+                       rq->errors = 0;
                        ide_complete_rq(drive, 0);
                        return ide_stopped;
                } else
 
                kfree(cmd);
 }
 
-void ide_complete_rq(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 err)
+void ide_complete_rq(ide_drive_t *drive, int error)
 {
        ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
        struct request *rq = hwif->rq;
 
        hwif->rq = NULL;
 
-       rq->errors = err;
-
-       if (unlikely(blk_end_request(rq, (rq->errors ? -EIO : 0),
-                                    blk_rq_bytes(rq))))
+       if (unlikely(blk_end_request(rq, error, blk_rq_bytes(rq))))
                BUG();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ide_complete_rq);
 
        drive->failed_pc = NULL;
 
-       if ((media == ide_floppy && drv_req) || media == ide_tape)
-               rq->errors = IDE_DRV_ERROR_GENERAL;
-
-       if ((media == ide_floppy || media == ide_tape) && drv_req)
+       if ((media == ide_floppy || media == ide_tape) && drv_req) {
+               rq->errors = 0;
                ide_complete_rq(drive, 0);
-       else
+       } else {
+               if (media == ide_tape)
+                       rq->errors = IDE_DRV_ERROR_GENERAL;
                ide_end_request(drive, 0, 0);
+       }
 }
 
 static void ide_tf_set_specify_cmd(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_taskfile *tf)
 #ifdef DEBUG
        printk("%s: DRIVE_CMD (null)\n", drive->name);
 #endif
+       rq->errors = 0;
        ide_complete_rq(drive, 0);
 
        return ide_stopped;
 
                if (rq != postponed_rq) {
                        printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: ide-tape.c bug - "
                                        "Two DSC requests were queued\n");
-                       rq->errors = IDE_DRV_ERROR_GENERAL;
                        drive->failed_pc = NULL;
+                       rq->errors = 0;
                        ide_complete_rq(drive, 0);
                        return ide_stopped;
                }
 
 
 void ide_finish_cmd(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_cmd *cmd, u8 stat)
 {
+       struct request *rq = drive->hwif->rq;
        u8 err = ide_read_error(drive);
 
        ide_complete_cmd(drive, cmd, stat, err);
-       ide_complete_rq(drive, err);
+       rq->errors = err;
+       ide_complete_rq(drive, err ? -EIO : 0);
 }
 
 /*
 
                              const struct ide_devset *setting, int arg);
 
 void ide_complete_cmd(ide_drive_t *, struct ide_cmd *, u8, u8);
-void ide_complete_rq(ide_drive_t *, u8);
+void ide_complete_rq(ide_drive_t *, int);
 
 void ide_tf_dump(const char *, struct ide_taskfile *);