tf->flags |= ATA_TFLAG_DEVICE;
        tf->protocol = ATA_PROT_NODATA;
 
-       if ((tf->flags & ATA_TFLAG_LBA48) &&
+       if ((qc->dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_LBA48) &&
            (ata_id_has_flush_ext(qc->dev->id)))
                tf->command = ATA_CMD_FLUSH_EXT;
        else
 {
        struct ata_taskfile *tf = &qc->tf;
        struct ata_device *dev = qc->dev;
-       unsigned int lba   = tf->flags & ATA_TFLAG_LBA;
-       unsigned int lba48 = tf->flags & ATA_TFLAG_LBA48;
        u64 dev_sectors = qc->dev->n_sectors;
        u64 block;
        u32 n_block;
                goto out_of_range;
        if ((block + n_block) > dev_sectors)
                goto out_of_range;
-       if (lba48) {
-               if (n_block > (64 * 1024))
-                       goto invalid_fld;
-       } else {
-               if (n_block > 256)
-                       goto invalid_fld;
-       }
 
-       if (lba) {
-               if (lba48) {
+       if (dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_LBA) {
+               tf->flags |= ATA_TFLAG_LBA;
+
+               if (dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_LBA48) {
+                       if (n_block > (64 * 1024))
+                               goto invalid_fld;
+
+                       /* use LBA48 */
+                       tf->flags |= ATA_TFLAG_LBA48;
                        tf->command = ATA_CMD_VERIFY_EXT;
 
                        tf->hob_nsect = (n_block >> 8) & 0xff;
                        tf->hob_lbam = (block >> 32) & 0xff;
                        tf->hob_lbal = (block >> 24) & 0xff;
                } else {
+                       if (n_block > 256)
+                               goto invalid_fld;
+
+                       /* use LBA28 */
                        tf->command = ATA_CMD_VERIFY;
 
                        tf->device |= (block >> 24) & 0xf;
                /* CHS */
                u32 sect, head, cyl, track;
 
+               if (n_block > 256)
+                       goto invalid_fld;
+
                /* Convert LBA to CHS */
                track = (u32)block / dev->sectors;
                cyl   = track / dev->heads;
 {
        struct ata_taskfile *tf = &qc->tf;
        struct ata_device *dev = qc->dev;
-       unsigned int lba   = tf->flags & ATA_TFLAG_LBA;
-       unsigned int lba48 = tf->flags & ATA_TFLAG_LBA48;
        u64 block;
        u32 n_block;
 
                 */
                goto nothing_to_do;
 
-       if (lba) {
-               if (lba48) {
+       if (dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_LBA) {
+               tf->flags |= ATA_TFLAG_LBA;
+
+               if (dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_LBA48) {
                        /* The request -may- be too large for LBA48. */
                        if ((block >> 48) || (n_block > 65536))
                                goto out_of_range;
 
+                       /* use LBA48 */
+                       tf->flags |= ATA_TFLAG_LBA48;
+
                        tf->hob_nsect = (n_block >> 8) & 0xff;
 
                        tf->hob_lbah = (block >> 40) & 0xff;
                        tf->hob_lbam = (block >> 32) & 0xff;
                        tf->hob_lbal = (block >> 24) & 0xff;
                } else { 
-                       /* LBA28 */
+                       /* use LBA28 */
 
                        /* The request -may- be too large for LBA28. */
                        if ((block >> 28) || (n_block > 256))