diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c b/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
index a7b9287ee0d4309bc30a9fe5d97df93f6f74eb3a..417cde56eafd9766815a067a12480743cb28ea1e 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ void ide_proc_port_register_devices(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 	int i;
 
 	ide_port_for_each_dev(i, drive, hwif) {
-		if ((drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_PRESENT) == 0 || drive->proc)
+		if ((drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_PRESENT) == 0)
 			continue;
 
 		drive->proc = proc_mkdir(drive->name, parent);