diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index 9fe19808d8153853332891595776b7f1e27659ba..8af179b531c3b95e8fed1e292e855949f915186d 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -803,6 +803,7 @@ int ide_register_hw_with_fixup(hw_regs_t *hw, ide_hwif_t **hwifp, void(*fixup)(i
 	hwif->irq = hw->irq;
 	hwif->noprobe = 0;
 	hwif->chipset = hw->chipset;
+	hwif->gendev.parent = hw->dev;
 
 	if (!initializing) {
 		probe_hwif_init_with_fixup(hwif, fixup);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/legacy/ide-cs.c b/drivers/ide/legacy/ide-cs.c
index 1dafffa7e51333ac262495882907d78f39212cf6..ef79805218e4d3c46e7f613bf32baf69ecd9e9f5 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/legacy/ide-cs.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/legacy/ide-cs.c
@@ -182,13 +182,14 @@ static void ide_detach(dev_link_t *link)
     
 } /* ide_detach */
 
-static int idecs_register(unsigned long io, unsigned long ctl, unsigned long irq)
+static int idecs_register(unsigned long io, unsigned long ctl, unsigned long irq, struct pcmcia_device *handle)
 {
     hw_regs_t hw;
     memset(&hw, 0, sizeof(hw));
     ide_init_hwif_ports(&hw, io, ctl, NULL);
     hw.irq = irq;
     hw.chipset = ide_pci;
+    hw.dev = &handle->dev;
     return ide_register_hw_with_fixup(&hw, NULL, ide_undecoded_slave);
 }
 
@@ -327,12 +328,12 @@ static void ide_config(dev_link_t *link)
 
     /* retry registration in case device is still spinning up */
     for (hd = -1, i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-	hd = idecs_register(io_base, ctl_base, link->irq.AssignedIRQ);
+	hd = idecs_register(io_base, ctl_base, link->irq.AssignedIRQ, handle);
 	if (hd >= 0) break;
 	if (link->io.NumPorts1 == 0x20) {
 	    outb(0x02, ctl_base + 0x10);
 	    hd = idecs_register(io_base + 0x10, ctl_base + 0x10,
-				link->irq.AssignedIRQ);
+				link->irq.AssignedIRQ, handle);
 	    if (hd >= 0) {
 		io_base += 0x10;
 		ctl_base += 0x10;
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 3461abc1e8541a6dd90ab7291e1eda74fa352ab2..e0cf4811da0845124180a2e4bda9df6aa99ce976 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ typedef struct hw_regs_s {
 	int		dma;			/* our dma entry */
 	ide_ack_intr_t	*ack_intr;		/* acknowledge interrupt */
 	hwif_chipset_t  chipset;
+	struct device	*dev;
 } hw_regs_t;
 
 /*