diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index abb695aa021d81e79206876c0a3dc1b7b9850e08..1ef293757043755055545b405765303cd20d4449 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -1448,8 +1448,13 @@ int ide_device_add_all(u8 *idx, const struct ide_port_info *d)
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_HWIFS; i++) {
-		if (idx[i] != 0xff)
-			ide_proc_register_port(&ide_hwifs[idx[i]]);
+		if (idx[i] == 0xff)
+			continue;
+
+		hwif = &ide_hwifs[idx[i]];
+
+		if (hwif->present)
+			ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
 	}
 
 	return rc;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c b/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
index 00c249cba236c88e90d75411e64ce5841f1f2f6e..c6ed84b84e8b552689b3ede7260ce4f1b4209ee8 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
@@ -793,9 +793,6 @@ static ide_proc_entry_t hwif_entries[] = {
 
 void ide_proc_register_port(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 {
-	if (!hwif->present)
-		return;
-
 	if (!hwif->proc) {
 		hwif->proc = proc_mkdir(hwif->name, proc_ide_root);