diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
index 16b1f6e12781..44689f5cc957 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
@@ -882,22 +882,17 @@ void ide_execute_command(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 cmd, ide_handler_t *handler,
 	unsigned long flags;
 	ide_hwgroup_t *hwgroup = HWGROUP(drive);
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = HWIF(drive);
-	
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
-	
 	BUG_ON(hwgroup->handler);
-	hwgroup->handler	= handler;
-	hwgroup->expiry		= expiry;
-	hwgroup->timer.expires	= jiffies + timeout;
-	hwgroup->req_gen_timer = hwgroup->req_gen;
-	add_timer(&hwgroup->timer);
+	__ide_set_handler(drive, handler, timeout, expiry);
 	hwif->OUTBSYNC(drive, cmd, IDE_COMMAND_REG);
-	/* Drive takes 400nS to respond, we must avoid the IRQ being
-	   serviced before that. 
-	   
-	   FIXME: we could skip this delay with care on non shared
-	   devices 
-	*/
+	/*
+	 * Drive takes 400nS to respond, we must avoid the IRQ being
+	 * serviced before that.
+	 *
+	 * FIXME: we could skip this delay with care on non shared devices
+	 */
 	ndelay(400);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);
 }