diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
index f5e73e2950d433664e82d387675dda5f5bd62f50..bb691f2eb5bff539659d8fb71f39f65395a16263 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
@@ -613,7 +613,6 @@ u8 eighty_ninty_three (ide_drive_t *drive)
 
 	/*
 	 * FIXME:
-	 * - change master/slave IDENTIFY order
 	 * - force bit13 (80c cable present) check also for !ivb devices
 	 *   (unless the slave device is pre-ATA3)
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index b4c9f63a38544b68123a03ab9fc44947530c623b..d1011712601c9a01913d143200c615d713d4bae2 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -719,9 +719,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_undecoded_slave);
  */
 static void probe_hwif(ide_hwif_t *hwif, void (*fixup)(ide_hwif_t *hwif))
 {
-	unsigned int unit;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int irqd;
+	int unit;
 
 	if (hwif->noprobe)
 		return;
@@ -777,10 +777,9 @@ static void probe_hwif(ide_hwif_t *hwif, void (*fixup)(ide_hwif_t *hwif))
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Wait for ready failed before probe !\n", hwif->name);
 
 	/*
-	 * Second drive should only exist if first drive was found,
-	 * but a lot of cdrom drives are configured as single slaves.
+	 * Need to probe slave device first to make it release PDIAG-.
 	 */
-	for (unit = 0; unit < MAX_DRIVES; ++unit) {
+	for (unit = MAX_DRIVES - 1; unit >= 0; unit--) {
 		ide_drive_t *drive = &hwif->drives[unit];
 		drive->dn = (hwif->channel ? 2 : 0) + unit;
 		(void) probe_for_drive(drive);