diff --git a/drivers/parport/parport_serial.c b/drivers/parport/parport_serial.c
index 101ed49a2d15..032db815b0f9 100644
--- a/drivers/parport/parport_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/parport/parport_serial.c
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ struct parport_pc_pci {
 
 static int __devinit netmos_parallel_init(struct pci_dev *dev, struct parport_pc_pci *card, int autoirq, int autodma)
 {
+	/* the rule described below doesn't hold for this device */
+	if (dev->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_NETMOS_9835 &&
+			dev->subsystem_vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_IBM &&
+			dev->subsystem_device == 0x0299)
+		return -ENODEV;
 	/*
 	 * Netmos uses the subdevice ID to indicate the number of parallel
 	 * and serial ports.  The form is 0x00PS, where <P> is the number of