diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index 4e57679..4b44172 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -681,50 +681,9 @@
 
 #endif	/* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
-static void idedisk_end_flush(request_queue_t *q, struct request *flush_rq)
+static void idedisk_prepare_flush(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
 {
 	ide_drive_t *drive = q->queuedata;
-	struct request *rq = flush_rq->end_io_data;
-	int good_sectors = rq->hard_nr_sectors;
-	int bad_sectors;
-	sector_t sector;
-
-	if (flush_rq->errors & ABRT_ERR) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: barrier support doesn't work\n", drive->name);
-		blk_queue_ordered(drive->queue, QUEUE_ORDERED_NONE);
-		blk_queue_issue_flush_fn(drive->queue, NULL);
-		good_sectors = 0;
-	} else if (flush_rq->errors) {
-		good_sectors = 0;
-		if (blk_barrier_preflush(rq)) {
-			sector = ide_get_error_location(drive,flush_rq->buffer);
-			if ((sector >= rq->hard_sector) &&
-			    (sector < rq->hard_sector + rq->hard_nr_sectors))
-				good_sectors = sector - rq->hard_sector;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (flush_rq->errors)
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed barrier write: "
-				"sector=%Lx(good=%d/bad=%d)\n",
-				drive->name, (unsigned long long)rq->sector,
-				good_sectors,
-				(int) (rq->hard_nr_sectors-good_sectors));
-
-	bad_sectors = rq->hard_nr_sectors - good_sectors;
-
-	if (good_sectors)
-		__ide_end_request(drive, rq, 1, good_sectors);
-	if (bad_sectors)
-		__ide_end_request(drive, rq, 0, bad_sectors);
-}
-
-static int idedisk_prepare_flush(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
-{
-	ide_drive_t *drive = q->queuedata;
-
-	if (!drive->wcache)
-		return 0;
 
 	memset(rq->cmd, 0, sizeof(rq->cmd));
 
@@ -735,9 +694,8 @@
 		rq->cmd[0] = WIN_FLUSH_CACHE;
 
 
-	rq->flags |= REQ_DRIVE_TASK | REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
+	rq->flags |= REQ_DRIVE_TASK;
 	rq->buffer = rq->cmd;
-	return 1;
 }
 
 static int idedisk_issue_flush(request_queue_t *q, struct gendisk *disk,
@@ -794,27 +752,64 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void update_ordered(ide_drive_t *drive)
+{
+	struct hd_driveid *id = drive->id;
+	unsigned ordered = QUEUE_ORDERED_NONE;
+	prepare_flush_fn *prep_fn = NULL;
+	issue_flush_fn *issue_fn = NULL;
+
+	if (drive->wcache) {
+		unsigned long long capacity;
+		int barrier;
+		/*
+		 * We must avoid issuing commands a drive does not
+		 * understand or we may crash it. We check flush cache
+		 * is supported. We also check we have the LBA48 flush
+		 * cache if the drive capacity is too large. By this
+		 * time we have trimmed the drive capacity if LBA48 is
+		 * not available so we don't need to recheck that.
+		 */
+		capacity = idedisk_capacity(drive);
+		barrier = ide_id_has_flush_cache(id) &&
+			(drive->addressing == 0 || capacity <= (1ULL << 28) ||
+			 ide_id_has_flush_cache_ext(id));
+
+		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: cache flushes %ssupported\n",
+		       drive->name, barrier ? "" : "not");
+
+		if (barrier) {
+			ordered = QUEUE_ORDERED_DRAIN_FLUSH;
+			prep_fn = idedisk_prepare_flush;
+			issue_fn = idedisk_issue_flush;
+		}
+	} else
+		ordered = QUEUE_ORDERED_DRAIN;
+
+	blk_queue_ordered(drive->queue, ordered, prep_fn);
+	blk_queue_issue_flush_fn(drive->queue, issue_fn);
+}
+
 static int write_cache(ide_drive_t *drive, int arg)
 {
 	ide_task_t args;
-	int err;
+	int err = 1;
 
-	if (!ide_id_has_flush_cache(drive->id))
-		return 1;
-
-	memset(&args, 0, sizeof(ide_task_t));
-	args.tfRegister[IDE_FEATURE_OFFSET]	= (arg) ?
+	if (ide_id_has_flush_cache(drive->id)) {
+		memset(&args, 0, sizeof(ide_task_t));
+		args.tfRegister[IDE_FEATURE_OFFSET]	= (arg) ?
 			SETFEATURES_EN_WCACHE : SETFEATURES_DIS_WCACHE;
-	args.tfRegister[IDE_COMMAND_OFFSET]	= WIN_SETFEATURES;
-	args.command_type			= IDE_DRIVE_TASK_NO_DATA;
-	args.handler				= &task_no_data_intr;
+		args.tfRegister[IDE_COMMAND_OFFSET]	= WIN_SETFEATURES;
+		args.command_type		= IDE_DRIVE_TASK_NO_DATA;
+		args.handler			= &task_no_data_intr;
+		err = ide_raw_taskfile(drive, &args, NULL);
+		if (err == 0)
+			drive->wcache = arg;
+	}
 
-	err = ide_raw_taskfile(drive, &args, NULL);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+	update_ordered(drive);
 
-	drive->wcache = arg;
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int do_idedisk_flushcache (ide_drive_t *drive)
@@ -888,7 +883,6 @@
 {
 	struct hd_driveid *id = drive->id;
 	unsigned long long capacity;
-	int barrier;
 
 	idedisk_add_settings(drive);
 
@@ -992,31 +986,6 @@
 		drive->wcache = 1;
 
 	write_cache(drive, 1);
-
-	/*
-	 * We must avoid issuing commands a drive does not understand
-	 * or we may crash it. We check flush cache is supported. We also
-	 * check we have the LBA48 flush cache if the drive capacity is
-	 * too large. By this time we have trimmed the drive capacity if
-	 * LBA48 is not available so we don't need to recheck that.
-	 */
-	barrier = 0;
-	if (ide_id_has_flush_cache(id))
-		barrier = 1;
-	if (drive->addressing == 1) {
-		/* Can't issue the correct flush ? */
-		if (capacity > (1ULL << 28) && !ide_id_has_flush_cache_ext(id))
-			barrier = 0;
-	}
-
-	printk(KERN_INFO "%s: cache flushes %ssupported\n",
-		drive->name, barrier ? "" : "not ");
-	if (barrier) {
-		blk_queue_ordered(drive->queue, QUEUE_ORDERED_FLUSH);
-		drive->queue->prepare_flush_fn = idedisk_prepare_flush;
-		drive->queue->end_flush_fn = idedisk_end_flush;
-		blk_queue_issue_flush_fn(drive->queue, idedisk_issue_flush);
-	}
 }
 
 static void ide_cacheflush_p(ide_drive_t *drive)