diff --git a/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c b/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
index 521edd41b572b0e9c00a82d218c9ec91acb72046..8b3959dfa2b7b692c806fd979890900065dbd20a 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ static int __devinit swarm_ide_probe(struct device *dev)
 	default_hwif_mmiops(hwif);
 	/* Prevent resource map manipulation.  */
 	hwif->mmio = 1;
+	hwif->chipset = ide_generic;
 	hwif->noprobe = 0;
 
 	for (i = IDE_DATA_OFFSET; i <= IDE_STATUS_OFFSET; i++)