diff --git a/hw/ide/atapi.c b/hw/ide/atapi.c
index 39e473f9c2..4de86555d9 100644
--- a/hw/ide/atapi.c
+++ b/hw/ide/atapi.c
@@ -174,16 +174,15 @@ static void cd_read_sector_cb(void *opaque, int ret)
 
 static int cd_read_sector(IDEState *s)
 {
+    void *buf;
+
     if (s->cd_sector_size != 2048 && s->cd_sector_size != 2352) {
         block_acct_invalid(blk_get_stats(s->blk), BLOCK_ACCT_READ);
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
-    s->iov.iov_base = (s->cd_sector_size == 2352) ?
-                      s->io_buffer + 16 : s->io_buffer;
-
-    s->iov.iov_len = ATAPI_SECTOR_SIZE;
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&s->qiov, &s->iov, 1);
+    buf = (s->cd_sector_size == 2352) ? s->io_buffer + 16 : s->io_buffer;
+    qemu_iovec_init_buf(&s->qiov, buf, ATAPI_SECTOR_SIZE);
 
     trace_cd_read_sector(s->lba);
 
diff --git a/hw/ide/core.c b/hw/ide/core.c
index 84832008b8..13f8f78ca6 100644
--- a/hw/ide/core.c
+++ b/hw/ide/core.c
@@ -774,9 +774,7 @@ static void ide_sector_read(IDEState *s)
         return;
     }
 
-    s->iov.iov_base = s->io_buffer;
-    s->iov.iov_len  = n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&s->qiov, &s->iov, 1);
+    qemu_iovec_init_buf(&s->qiov, s->io_buffer, n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
 
     block_acct_start(blk_get_stats(s->blk), &s->acct,
                      n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, BLOCK_ACCT_READ);
@@ -1045,9 +1043,7 @@ static void ide_sector_write(IDEState *s)
         return;
     }
 
-    s->iov.iov_base = s->io_buffer;
-    s->iov.iov_len  = n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&s->qiov, &s->iov, 1);
+    qemu_iovec_init_buf(&s->qiov, s->io_buffer, n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
 
     block_acct_start(blk_get_stats(s->blk), &s->acct,
                      n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, BLOCK_ACCT_WRITE);
diff --git a/include/hw/ide/internal.h b/include/hw/ide/internal.h
index 880413ddc7..fa99486d7a 100644
--- a/include/hw/ide/internal.h
+++ b/include/hw/ide/internal.h
@@ -405,7 +405,6 @@ struct IDEState {
     int atapi_dma; /* true if dma is requested for the packet cmd */
     BlockAcctCookie acct;
     BlockAIOCB *pio_aiocb;
-    struct iovec iov;
     QEMUIOVector qiov;
     QLIST_HEAD(, IDEBufferedRequest) buffered_requests;
     /* ATA DMA state */