diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index e238b7da824b..ccf528d733bf 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -978,8 +978,6 @@ static void idedisk_setup (ide_drive_t *drive)
 		ide_dma_verbose(drive);
 	printk("\n");
 
-	drive->no_io_32bit = id->dword_io ? 1 : 0;
-
 	/* write cache enabled? */
 	if ((id->csfo & 1) || (id->cfs_enable_1 & (1 << 5)))
 		drive->wcache = 1;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index 427d1c204174..1b7b4c531bc2 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -858,6 +858,15 @@ static void probe_hwif(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	for (unit = 0; unit < MAX_DRIVES; ++unit) {
+		ide_drive_t *drive = &hwif->drives[unit];
+
+		if (hwif->no_io_32bit)
+			drive->no_io_32bit = 1;
+		else
+			drive->no_io_32bit = drive->id->dword_io ? 1 : 0;
+	}
 }
 
 static int hwif_init(ide_hwif_t *hwif);
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index a7fc4cc79b23..8d2db412ba9c 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -792,6 +792,7 @@ typedef struct hwif_s {
 	unsigned	no_dsc     : 1;	/* 0 default, 1 dsc_overlap disabled */
 	unsigned	auto_poll  : 1; /* supports nop auto-poll */
 	unsigned	sg_mapped  : 1;	/* sg_table and sg_nents are ready */
+	unsigned	no_io_32bit : 1; /* 1 = can not do 32-bit IO ops */
 
 	struct device	gendev;
 	struct completion gendev_rel_comp; /* To deal with device release() */