diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index 695181120cdb..7f878017b736 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ static void idedisk_prepare_flush(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE;
 	rq->special = cmd;
+	cmd->rq = rq;
 }
 
 ide_devset_get(multcount, mult_count);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 013dc595fab6..bc5fb12b913c 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -1064,6 +1064,7 @@ static int idetape_blkdev_ioctl(ide_drive_t *drive, unsigned int cmd,
 		tape->best_dsc_rw_freq = config.dsc_rw_frequency;
 		break;
 	case 0x0350:
+		memset(&config, 0, sizeof(config));
 		config.dsc_rw_frequency = (int) tape->best_dsc_rw_freq;
 		config.nr_stages = 1;
 		if (copy_to_user(argp, &config, sizeof(config)))