diff --git a/drivers/block/ataflop.c b/drivers/block/ataflop.c
index 0e30c6e5492a..96b629e1f0c9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ataflop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ataflop.c
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
 
 #include <asm/atafd.h>
 #include <asm/atafdreg.h>
@@ -301,7 +303,7 @@ module_param_array(UserSteprate, int, NULL, 0);
 /* Synchronization of FDC access. */
 static volatile int fdc_busy = 0;
 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(fdc_wait);
-static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(format_wait);
+static DECLARE_COMPLETION(format_wait);
 
 static unsigned long changed_floppies = 0xff, fake_change = 0;
 #define	CHECK_CHANGE_DELAY	HZ/2
@@ -608,7 +610,7 @@ static void fd_error( void )
 	if (IsFormatting) {
 		IsFormatting = 0;
 		FormatError = 1;
-		wake_up( &format_wait );
+		complete(&format_wait);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -650,9 +652,8 @@ static int do_format(int drive, int type, struct atari_format_descr *desc)
 	DPRINT(("do_format( dr=%d tr=%d he=%d offs=%d )\n",
 		drive, desc->track, desc->head, desc->sect_offset ));
 
+	wait_event(fdc_wait, cmpxchg(&fdc_busy, 0, 1) == 0);
 	local_irq_save(flags);
-	while( fdc_busy ) sleep_on( &fdc_wait );
-	fdc_busy = 1;
 	stdma_lock(floppy_irq, NULL);
 	atari_turnon_irq( IRQ_MFP_FDC ); /* should be already, just to be sure */
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
@@ -706,7 +707,7 @@ static int do_format(int drive, int type, struct atari_format_descr *desc)
 	ReqSide  = desc->head;
 	do_fd_action( drive );
 
-	sleep_on( &format_wait );
+	wait_for_completion(&format_wait);
 
 	redo_fd_request();
 	return( FormatError ? -EIO : 0 );	
@@ -1229,7 +1230,7 @@ static void fd_writetrack_done( int status )
 		goto err_end;
 	}
 
-	wake_up( &format_wait );
+	complete(&format_wait);
 	return;
 
   err_end:
@@ -1497,8 +1498,7 @@ repeat:
 void do_fd_request(struct request_queue * q)
 {
 	DPRINT(("do_fd_request for pid %d\n",current->pid));
-	while( fdc_busy ) sleep_on( &fdc_wait );
-	fdc_busy = 1;
+	wait_event(fdc_wait, cmpxchg(&fdc_busy, 0, 1) == 0);
 	stdma_lock(floppy_irq, NULL);
 
 	atari_disable_irq( IRQ_MFP_FDC );