diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index 81f61e8..f76c22c4 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -1442,8 +1442,8 @@
 			hwif->mate->serialized = hwif->serialized = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (d->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_RQSIZE_256)
-		hwif->rqsize = 256;
+	if (d->max_sectors)
+		hwif->rqsize = d->max_sectors;
 
 	/* call chipset specific routine for each enabled port */
 	if (d->init_hwif)
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pdc202xx_old.c b/drivers/ide/pdc202xx_old.c
index 799557c..624e62e 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pdc202xx_old.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pdc202xx_old.c
@@ -350,16 +350,17 @@
 	.dma_timeout		= pdc202xx_dma_timeout,
 };
 
-#define DECLARE_PDC2026X_DEV(udma, extra_flags) \
+#define DECLARE_PDC2026X_DEV(udma, sectors) \
 	{ \
 		.name		= DRV_NAME, \
 		.init_chipset	= init_chipset_pdc202xx, \
 		.port_ops	= &pdc2026x_port_ops, \
 		.dma_ops	= &pdc2026x_dma_ops, \
-		.host_flags	= IDE_HFLAGS_PDC202XX | extra_flags, \
+		.host_flags	= IDE_HFLAGS_PDC202XX, \
 		.pio_mask	= ATA_PIO4, \
 		.mwdma_mask	= ATA_MWDMA2, \
 		.udma_mask	= udma, \
+		.max_sectors	= sectors, \
 	}
 
 static const struct ide_port_info pdc202xx_chipsets[] __devinitdata = {
@@ -376,8 +377,8 @@
 
 	/* 1: PDC2026{2,3} */
 	DECLARE_PDC2026X_DEV(ATA_UDMA4, 0),
-	/* 2: PDC2026{5,7} */
-	DECLARE_PDC2026X_DEV(ATA_UDMA5, IDE_HFLAG_RQSIZE_256),
+	/* 2: PDC2026{5,7}: UDMA5, limit LBA48 requests to 256 sectors */
+	DECLARE_PDC2026X_DEV(ATA_UDMA5, 256),
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index fc1a966..2574dda 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -1372,8 +1372,6 @@
 	IDE_HFLAG_LEGACY_IRQS		= (1 << 21),
 	/* force use of legacy IRQs */
 	IDE_HFLAG_FORCE_LEGACY_IRQS	= (1 << 22),
-	/* limit LBA48 requests to 256 sectors */
-	IDE_HFLAG_RQSIZE_256		= (1 << 23),
 	/* use 32-bit I/O ops */
 	IDE_HFLAG_IO_32BIT		= (1 << 24),
 	/* unmask IRQs */
@@ -1411,6 +1409,9 @@
 
 	ide_pci_enablebit_t	enablebits[2];
 	hwif_chipset_t		chipset;
+
+	u16			max_sectors;	/* if < than the default one */
+
 	u32			host_flags;
 	u8			pio_mask;
 	u8			swdma_mask;