diff --git a/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c b/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
index badf79fc9e3a..39c9ee995857 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ static int __devinit swarm_ide_probe(struct device *dev)
 
 	base = ioremap(offset, size);
 
+	memset(&hw, 0, sizeof(hw));
 	for (i = 0; i <= 7; i++)
 		hw.io_ports_array[i] =
 				(unsigned long)(base + ((0x1f0 + i) << 5));