5 files changed, 2 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index bc982dfacc36..6c7dd8fd8638 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -1925,7 +1925,6 @@ static struct ide_driver ide_cdrom_driver = {
 	.version		= IDECD_VERSION,
 	.do_request		= ide_cd_do_request,
 	.end_request		= ide_end_request,
-	.error			= __ide_error,
 #ifdef CONFIG_IDE_PROC_FS
 	.proc_entries		= ide_cd_proc_entries,
 	.proc_devsets		= ide_cd_proc_devsets,
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-gd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-gd.c
index cae82b3c432a..7857b209c6df 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-gd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-gd.c
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ static struct ide_driver ide_gd_driver = {
 	.version		= IDE_GD_VERSION,
 	.do_request		= ide_gd_do_request,
 	.end_request		= ide_gd_end_request,
-	.error			= __ide_error,
 #ifdef CONFIG_IDE_PROC_FS
 	.proc_entries		= ide_disk_proc_entries,
 	.proc_devsets		= ide_disk_proc_devsets,
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index e788b3622f2e..9d363a1b5573 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t ide_atapi_error(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq, u
 	return ide_stopped;
 }
 
-ide_startstop_t
+static ide_startstop_t
 __ide_error(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq, u8 stat, u8 err)
 {
 	if (drive->media == ide_disk)
@@ -299,8 +299,6 @@ __ide_error(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq, u8 stat, u8 err)
 	return ide_atapi_error(drive, rq, stat, err);
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__ide_error);
-
 /**
  *	ide_error	-	handle an error on the IDE
  *	@drive: drive the error occurred on
@@ -332,15 +330,8 @@ ide_startstop_t ide_error (ide_drive_t *drive, const char *msg, u8 stat)
 		return ide_stopped;
 	}
 
-	if (rq->rq_disk) {
-		struct ide_driver *drv;
-
-		drv = *(struct ide_driver **)rq->rq_disk->private_data;
-		return drv->error(drive, rq, stat, err);
-	} else
-		return __ide_error(drive, rq, stat, err);
+	return __ide_error(drive, rq, stat, err);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_error);
 
 static void ide_tf_set_specify_cmd(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_taskfile *tf)
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index fd865039bfdb..d7ecd3c79757 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -2324,7 +2324,6 @@ static struct ide_driver idetape_driver = {
 	.version		= IDETAPE_VERSION,
 	.do_request		= idetape_do_request,
 	.end_request		= idetape_end_request,
-	.error			= __ide_error,
 #ifdef CONFIG_IDE_PROC_FS
 	.proc_entries		= ide_tape_proc_entries,
 	.proc_devsets		= ide_tape_proc_devsets,
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index fcbcfa2cbe75..9f6fe1fe7a6c 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -1113,7 +1113,6 @@ struct ide_driver {
 	const char			*version;
 	ide_startstop_t	(*do_request)(ide_drive_t *, struct request *, sector_t);
 	int		(*end_request)(ide_drive_t *, int, int);
-	ide_startstop_t	(*error)(ide_drive_t *, struct request *rq, u8, u8);
 	struct device_driver	gen_driver;
 	int		(*probe)(ide_drive_t *);
 	void		(*remove)(ide_drive_t *);
@@ -1157,8 +1156,6 @@ void ide_execute_pkt_cmd(ide_drive_t *);
 
 void ide_pad_transfer(ide_drive_t *, int, int);
 
-ide_startstop_t __ide_error(ide_drive_t *, struct request *, u8, u8);
-
 ide_startstop_t ide_error(ide_drive_t *, const char *, u8);
 
 void ide_fix_driveid(u16 *);