diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ec541dd28a85..ce84fa9fb2c9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e27420d046600cd3e4139ea1b6cba59a8b4050eb
+refs/heads/master: 90d2c6bc68745d67cdbf00bab43818d90aa0dfb6
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/trunk/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index aeddbbd69e86..7fb6f1c86272 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(do_rw_taskfile);
 static ide_startstop_t set_multmode_intr(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
-	u8 stat = hwif->tp_ops->read_status(hwif);
+	u8 stat;
+
+	local_irq_enable_in_hardirq();
+	stat = hwif->tp_ops->read_status(hwif);
 
 	if (OK_STAT(stat, READY_STAT, BAD_STAT))
 		drive->mult_count = drive->mult_req;
@@ -147,6 +150,8 @@ static ide_startstop_t set_geometry_intr(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	int retries = 5;
 	u8 stat;
 
+	local_irq_enable_in_hardirq();
+
 	while (1) {
 		stat = hwif->tp_ops->read_status(hwif);
 		if ((stat & BUSY_STAT) == 0 || retries-- == 0)
@@ -170,7 +175,10 @@ static ide_startstop_t set_geometry_intr(ide_drive_t *drive)
 static ide_startstop_t recal_intr(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
-	u8 stat = hwif->tp_ops->read_status(hwif);
+	u8 stat;
+
+	local_irq_enable_in_hardirq();
+	stat = hwif->tp_ops->read_status(hwif);
 
 	if (!OK_STAT(stat, READY_STAT, BAD_STAT))
 		return ide_error(drive, "recal_intr", stat);