diff --git a/hw/ide/atapi.c b/hw/ide/atapi.c
index 1fe58ab7fd..acc52cd11f 100644
--- a/hw/ide/atapi.c
+++ b/hw/ide/atapi.c
@@ -488,14 +488,13 @@ static void ide_atapi_cmd_read(IDEState *s, int lba, int nb_sectors,
 void ide_atapi_dma_restart(IDEState *s)
 {
     /*
-     * I'm not sure we have enough stored to restart the command
-     * safely, so give the guest an error it should recover from.
-     * I'm assuming most guests will try to recover from something
-     * listed as a medium error on a CD; it seems to work on Linux.
-     * This would be more of a problem if we did any other type of
-     * DMA operation.
+     * At this point we can just re-evaluate the packet command and start over.
+     * The presence of ->dma_cb callback in the pre_save ensures that the packet
+     * command has been completely sent and we can safely restart command.
      */
-    ide_atapi_cmd_error(s, MEDIUM_ERROR, ASC_NO_SEEK_COMPLETE);
+    s->unit = s->bus->retry_unit;
+    s->bus->dma->ops->restart_dma(s->bus->dma);
+    ide_atapi_cmd(s);
 }
 
 static inline uint8_t ide_atapi_set_profile(uint8_t *buf, uint8_t *index,