diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 65037a8295a135720be9c485efab64ecf69e927a..73e41cff37388cac22741140d981f4ef6056e673 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -4532,19 +4532,11 @@ static void idetape_setup (ide_drive_t *drive, idetape_tape_t *tape, int minor)
 
 	spin_lock_init(&tape->spinlock);
 	drive->dsc_overlap = 1;
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI
-	if (HWIF(drive)->pci_dev != NULL) {
-		/*
-		 * These two ide-pci host adapters appear to need DSC overlap disabled.
-		 * This probably needs further analysis.
-		 */
-		if ((HWIF(drive)->pci_dev->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_ARTOP_ATP850UF) ||
-		    (HWIF(drive)->pci_dev->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_TTI_HPT343)) {
-			printk(KERN_INFO "ide-tape: %s: disabling DSC overlap\n", tape->name);
-		    	drive->dsc_overlap = 0;
-		}
+	if (drive->hwif->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_NO_DSC) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "ide-tape: %s: disabling DSC overlap\n",
+				 tape->name);
+		drive->dsc_overlap = 0;
 	}
-#endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI */
 	/* Seagate Travan drives do not support DSC overlap. */
 	if (strstr(drive->id->model, "Seagate STT3401"))
 		drive->dsc_overlap = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/aec62xx.c b/drivers/ide/pci/aec62xx.c
index 7f4d1857d5559f73f5e3ceb6c7e975c79e4b28b6..15597597740f29c1731c8c7c411acbfe89913dd0 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/aec62xx.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/aec62xx.c
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ static const struct ide_port_info aec62xx_chipsets[] __devinitdata = {
 		.enablebits	= {{0x4a,0x02,0x02}, {0x4a,0x04,0x04}},
 		.host_flags	= IDE_HFLAG_SERIALIZE |
 				  IDE_HFLAG_NO_ATAPI_DMA |
+				  IDE_HFLAG_NO_DSC |
 				  IDE_HFLAG_ABUSE_SET_DMA_MODE |
 				  IDE_HFLAG_OFF_BOARD,
 		.pio_mask	= ATA_PIO4,
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/hpt34x.c b/drivers/ide/pci/hpt34x.c
index dfba0d13fcd39f4f4ebc96df5a874d798fc5b65d..48a9ff2e8c337026d325bd44e54788d397101131 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/hpt34x.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/hpt34x.c
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ static void __devinit init_hwif_hpt34x(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 
 #define IDE_HFLAGS_HPT34X \
 	(IDE_HFLAG_NO_ATAPI_DMA | \
+	 IDE_HFLAG_NO_DSC | \
 	 IDE_HFLAG_ABUSE_SET_DMA_MODE | \
 	 IDE_HFLAG_NO_AUTODMA)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 1b31597e74356ee3cc5f47c9d7a951edf6df1030..af352cc41db56cb004e82b6b98f0bba777f48201 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -1095,6 +1095,8 @@ enum {
 	IDE_HFLAG_CY82C693		= (1 << 27),
 	/* force host out of "simplex" mode */
 	IDE_HFLAG_CLEAR_SIMPLEX		= (1 << 28),
+	/* DSC overlap is unsupported */
+	IDE_HFLAG_NO_DSC		= (1 << 29),
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD