diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
index 80bc3bf82f4d..775fd34132ab 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ void ide_prep_sense(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 	sense_rq->rq_disk = rq->rq_disk;
 	sense_rq->cmd_flags = REQ_OP_DRV_IN;
 	ide_req(sense_rq)->type = ATA_PRIV_SENSE;
-	sense_rq->rq_flags |= RQF_PREEMPT;
 
 	req->cmd[0] = GPCMD_REQUEST_SENSE;
 	req->cmd[4] = cmd_len;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index b137f27a34d5..b32a013d827a 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -512,11 +512,6 @@ repeat:
 		 * above to return us whatever is in the queue. Since we call
 		 * ide_do_request() ourselves, we end up taking requests while
 		 * the queue is blocked...
-		 * 
-		 * We let requests forced at head of queue with ide-preempt
-		 * though. I hope that doesn't happen too much, hopefully not
-		 * unless the subdriver triggers such a thing in its own PM
-		 * state machine.
 		 */
 		if ((drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_BLOCKED) &&
 		    ata_pm_request(rq) == 0 &&