diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 98c90272443b..9cb4d80a4987 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -79,14 +79,7 @@ enum rq_cmd_type_bits {
 	REQ_TYPE_PM_SUSPEND,		/* suspend request */
 	REQ_TYPE_PM_RESUME,		/* resume request */
 	REQ_TYPE_PM_SHUTDOWN,		/* shutdown request */
-	REQ_TYPE_DRV_PRIV,		/* driver defined type */
-	/*
-	 * for ATA/ATAPI devices. this really doesn't belong here, ide should
-	 * use REQ_TYPE_DRV_PRIV and use rq->cmd[0] with the range of driver
-	 * private REQ_LB opcodes to differentiate what type of request this is
-	 */
-	REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE,
-	REQ_TYPE_ATA_PC,
+	REQ_TYPE_DRV_PRIV,		/* driver defined types from here */
 };
 
 #define BLK_MAX_CDB	16
@@ -108,7 +101,7 @@ struct request {
 	struct blk_mq_ctx *mq_ctx;
 
 	u64 cmd_flags;
-	enum rq_cmd_type_bits cmd_type;
+	unsigned cmd_type;
 	unsigned long atomic_flags;
 
 	int cpu;
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 93b5ca754b5b..62ac399144a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@
 
 struct device;
 
+/* IDE-specific values for req->cmd_type */
+enum ata_cmd_type_bits {
+	REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE = REQ_TYPE_DRV_PRIV + 1,
+	REQ_TYPE_ATA_PC,
+};
+
 /* Error codes returned in rq->errors to the higher part of the driver. */
 enum {
 	IDE_DRV_ERROR_GENERAL	= 101,
@@ -1551,4 +1557,5 @@ static inline void ide_set_drivedata(ide_drive_t *drive, void *data)
 #define ide_host_for_each_port(i, port, host) \
 	for ((i) = 0; ((port) = (host)->ports[i]) || (i) < MAX_HOST_PORTS; (i)++)
 
+
 #endif /* _IDE_H */