diff --git a/drivers/ide/hpt366.c b/drivers/ide/hpt366.c
index e52c58c29d9a71fc43818bdef99de45c194e8764..4d565b0c5a6e6a9cf7a280e7b3ccf28f7bd542a3 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/hpt366.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/hpt366.c
@@ -574,13 +574,14 @@ static u8 hpt3xx_udma_filter(ide_drive_t *drive)
 		if (!HPT370_ALLOW_ATA100_5 ||
 		    check_in_drive_list(drive, bad_ata100_5))
 			return ATA_UDMA4;
+		/* else: fall through */
 	case HPT372 :
 	case HPT372A:
 	case HPT372N:
 	case HPT374 :
 		if (ata_id_is_sata(drive->id))
 			mask &= ~0x0e;
-		/* Fall thru */
+		/* fall through */
 	default:
 		return mask;
 	}
@@ -600,7 +601,7 @@ static u8 hpt3xx_mdma_filter(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	case HPT374 :
 		if (ata_id_is_sata(drive->id))
 			return 0x00;
-		/* Fall thru */
+		/* else: fall through */
 	default:
 		return 0x07;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index 5bd2aafc375346fdae583545b7779d6a8bbe5923..a8df300f949c2859b9c708d5848795e5cd6d3415 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ static int ide_floppy_get_capacity(ide_drive_t *drive)
 				 * (maintains previous driver behaviour)
 				 */
 				break;
+			/* else: fall through */
 		case CAPACITY_CURRENT:
 			/* Normal Zip/LS-120 disks */
 			if (memcmp(cap_desc, &floppy->cap_desc, 8))
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index a444bad7a2aa50fdd9d8248ace46c64935b84015..0d93e0cfbeaf91ad0592589dcdf2141abdbc951e 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@ void do_ide_request(struct request_queue *q)
 	struct ide_host *host = hwif->host;
 	struct request	*rq = NULL;
 	ide_startstop_t	startstop;
-	unsigned long queue_run_ms = 3; /* old plug delay */
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
@@ -480,9 +479,6 @@ void do_ide_request(struct request_queue *q)
 		prev_port = hwif->host->cur_port;
 		if (drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_SLEEPING &&
 		    time_after(drive->sleep, jiffies)) {
-			unsigned long left = jiffies - drive->sleep;
-
-			queue_run_ms = jiffies_to_msecs(left + 1);
 			ide_unlock_port(hwif);
 			goto plug_device;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index 416a2f3530711aa556acec93eba46df0ead97a2b..3b75a7b7a28408a84545d610c5bbdaafd223b59d 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ static void ide_classify_atapi_dev(ide_drive_t *drive)
 		}
 		/* Early cdrom models used zero */
 		type = ide_cdrom;
+		/* fall through */
 	case ide_cdrom:
 		drive->dev_flags |= IDE_DFLAG_REMOVABLE;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index aee7b46d2330c8e7fa670545d8815ae484ac53f9..34c1165226a4c050fd33444136875801a8be0b86 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -1746,7 +1746,6 @@ static void idetape_setup(ide_drive_t *drive, idetape_tape_t *tape, int minor)
 {
 	unsigned long t;
 	int speed;
-	int buffer_size;
 	u16 *ctl = (u16 *)&tape->caps[12];
 
 	ide_debug_log(IDE_DBG_FUNC, "minor: %d", minor);
@@ -1781,7 +1780,6 @@ static void idetape_setup(ide_drive_t *drive, idetape_tape_t *tape, int minor)
 		*ctl /= 2;
 		tape->buffer_size = *ctl * tape->blk_size;
 	}
-	buffer_size = tape->buffer_size;
 
 	/* select the "best" DSC read/write polling freq */
 	speed = max(*(u16 *)&tape->caps[14], *(u16 *)&tape->caps[8]);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index 89b29028d315b17b6602c5cb8ad9b1a6731c76dc..c21d5c50ae3a1678f19c89a3496cc223dcfc7cc2 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ ide_startstop_t do_rw_taskfile(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_cmd *orig_cmd)
 			return pre_task_out_intr(drive, cmd);
 		}
 		handler = task_pio_intr;
-		/* fall-through */
+		/* fall through */
 	case ATA_PROT_NODATA:
 		if (handler == NULL)
 			handler = task_no_data_intr;
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ ide_startstop_t do_rw_taskfile(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_cmd *orig_cmd)
 		hwif->expiry = dma_ops->dma_timer_expiry;
 		ide_execute_command(drive, cmd, ide_dma_intr, 2 * WAIT_CMD);
 		dma_ops->dma_start(drive);
+		/* fall through */
 	default:
 		return ide_started;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/ide/sis5513.c b/drivers/ide/sis5513.c
index c3062b53056f2b70e63230e53a4c6465e8349af2..024bc7ba49ee5e8198b49a2f510ff05d0be70840 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/sis5513.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/sis5513.c
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ static int init_chipset_sis5513(struct pci_dev *dev)
 		pci_read_config_byte(dev, 0x09, &reg);
 		if ((reg & 0x0f) != 0x00)
 			pci_write_config_byte(dev, 0x09, reg&0xf0);
+		/* fall through */
 	case ATA_16:
 		/* force per drive recovery and active timings
 		   needed on ATA_33 and below chips */