diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
index 71c377a7bcf2..adc682755857 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
@@ -649,11 +649,7 @@ static unsigned int ide_get_mode_mask(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 base, u8 req_mode)
 		if (id->field_valid & 2) {
 			mask = id->dma_1word & hwif->swdma_mask;
 		} else if (id->tDMA) {
-			/*
-			 * ide_fix_driveid() doesn't convert ->tDMA to the
-			 * CPU endianness so we need to do it here
-			 */
-			u8 mode = le16_to_cpu(id->tDMA);
+			u8 mode = id->tDMA;
 
 			/*
 			 * if the mode is valid convert it to the mask