diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_efar.c b/drivers/ata/pata_efar.c
index 1617421f7e76..3bac0e079691 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_efar.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_efar.c
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ static int efar_init_one (struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, &pdev->dev,
 			   "version " DRV_VERSION "\n");
 
-	return ata_pci_sff_init_one(pdev, ppi, &efar_sht, NULL, 0);
+	return ata_pci_sff_init_one(pdev, ppi, &efar_sht, NULL,
+					ATA_HOST_PARALLEL_SCAN);
 }
 
 static const struct pci_device_id efar_pci_tbl[] = {