diff --git a/drivers/ide/arm/icside.c b/drivers/ide/arm/icside.c
index f383ace2a08729024d2460ba2f0b1717a649e9ab..1fe0457243dbbcf824d8ef1f468a5ca9fe275b24 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/arm/icside.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/arm/icside.c
@@ -591,7 +591,8 @@ icside_register_v5(struct icside_state *state, struct expansion_card *ec)
 	state->hwif[0] = hwif;
 
 	probe_hwif_init(hwif);
-	create_proc_ide_interfaces();
+
+	ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -679,7 +680,9 @@ icside_register_v6(struct icside_state *state, struct expansion_card *ec)
 
 	probe_hwif_init(hwif);
 	probe_hwif_init(mate);
-	create_proc_ide_interfaces();
+
+	ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
+	ide_proc_register_port(mate);
 
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/arm/rapide.c b/drivers/ide/arm/rapide.c
index 9c6c49fdd2b14997d51d441b3ca9399cfd1d1f08..890ea3fac3c6feb80bb50f8ced8a392fe9369aed 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/arm/rapide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/arm/rapide.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ rapide_probe(struct expansion_card *ec, const struct ecard_id *id)
 		hwif->gendev.parent = &ec->dev;
 		hwif->noprobe = 0;
 		probe_hwif_init(hwif);
-		create_proc_ide_interfaces();
+		ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
 		ecard_set_drvdata(ec, hwif);
 		goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c b/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c
index 99fd56151131cb4fc92b9f2e9da5091811a37483..0f72b98d727f43ba72f4d68b2a53871ec9806bcd 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ static int __init ide_generic_init(void)
 	if (ide_hwifs[0].io_ports[IDE_DATA_OFFSET])
 		ide_release_lock();	/* for atari only */
 
-	create_proc_ide_interfaces();
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index 8f15c23aa70d7eaa2e049ad7a0e2be95705886a0..3cebed77f55d27020b8be9b4331571cd80e00844 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -1427,6 +1427,9 @@ int ideprobe_init (void)
 				}
 		}
 	}
+	for (index = 0; index < MAX_HWIFS; ++index)
+		if (probe[index])
+			ide_proc_register_port(&ide_hwifs[index]);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c b/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
index 949a6f609d8473231aab82b9b517ee8e48823933..d50bd996ff22939a9613c6399cd9b4d932789bd4 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
 
+static struct proc_dir_entry *proc_ide_root;
+
 static int proc_ide_read_imodel
 	(char *page, char **start, off_t off, int count, int *eof, void *data)
 {
@@ -783,26 +785,24 @@ static ide_proc_entry_t hwif_entries[] = {
 	{ NULL,	0, NULL, NULL }
 };
 
-void create_proc_ide_interfaces(void)
+void ide_proc_register_port(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 {
-	int	h;
+	if (!hwif->present)
+		return;
 
-	for (h = 0; h < MAX_HWIFS; h++) {
-		ide_hwif_t *hwif = &ide_hwifs[h];
+	if (!hwif->proc) {
+		hwif->proc = proc_mkdir(hwif->name, proc_ide_root);
 
-		if (!hwif->present)
-			continue;
-		if (!hwif->proc) {
-			hwif->proc = proc_mkdir(hwif->name, proc_ide_root);
-			if (!hwif->proc)
-				return;
-			ide_add_proc_entries(hwif->proc, hwif_entries, hwif);
-		}
-		create_proc_ide_drives(hwif);
+		if (!hwif->proc)
+			return;
+
+		ide_add_proc_entries(hwif->proc, hwif_entries, hwif);
 	}
+
+	create_proc_ide_drives(hwif);
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(create_proc_ide_interfaces);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_proc_register_port);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI
 void ide_pci_create_host_proc(const char *name, get_info_t *get_info)
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ void ide_pci_create_host_proc(const char *name, get_info_t *get_info)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_pci_create_host_proc);
 #endif
 
-void destroy_proc_ide_interface(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
+void ide_proc_unregister_port(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 {
 	if (hwif->proc) {
 		destroy_proc_ide_drives(hwif);
@@ -860,11 +860,11 @@ void proc_ide_create(void)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *entry;
 
+	proc_ide_root = proc_mkdir("ide", NULL);
+
 	if (!proc_ide_root)
 		return;
 
-	create_proc_ide_interfaces();
-
 	entry = create_proc_entry("drivers", 0, proc_ide_root);
 	if (entry)
 		entry->proc_fops = &ide_drivers_operations;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index 0fc532850bbef92fad9085e1d8b03029f88ddc5f..038f2610e73401b9f945feb2dc8c3d97d0c9b94e 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -347,10 +347,6 @@ static int ide_system_bus_speed(void)
 	return system_bus_speed;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_IDE_PROC_FS
-struct proc_dir_entry *proc_ide_root;
-#endif
-
 static struct resource* hwif_request_region(ide_hwif_t *hwif,
 					    unsigned long addr, int num)
 {
@@ -594,7 +590,7 @@ void ide_unregister(unsigned int index)
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ide_lock);
 
-	destroy_proc_ide_interface(hwif);
+	ide_proc_unregister_port(hwif);
 
 	hwgroup = hwif->hwgroup;
 	/*
@@ -799,7 +795,7 @@ int ide_register_hw_with_fixup(hw_regs_t *hw, int initializing,
 
 	if (!initializing) {
 		probe_hwif_init_with_fixup(hwif, fixup);
-		create_proc_ide_interfaces();
+		ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
 	}
 
 	if (hwifp)
@@ -1794,9 +1790,7 @@ static int __init ide_init(void)
 
 	init_ide_data();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_IDE_PROC_FS
-	proc_ide_root = proc_mkdir("ide", NULL);
-#endif
+	proc_ide_create();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI14XX
 	if (probe_ali14xx)
@@ -1822,8 +1816,6 @@ static int __init ide_init(void)
 	/* Probe for special PCI and other "known" interface chipsets. */
 	probe_for_hwifs();
 
-	proc_ide_create();
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/legacy/ali14xx.c b/drivers/ide/legacy/ali14xx.c
index 91961aa030474fa02057f8ed2e8dd270b69f87d3..df17ed68c0bcb393635e2aeac319d1d119d8854b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/legacy/ali14xx.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/legacy/ali14xx.c
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ static int __init ali14xx_probe(void)
 	probe_hwif_init(hwif);
 	probe_hwif_init(mate);
 
-	create_proc_ide_interfaces();
+	ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
+	ide_proc_register_port(mate);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/legacy/dtc2278.c b/drivers/ide/legacy/dtc2278.c
index 0219ffa64db663fae60e8bc3e994e1d76bd048c7..36a3f0ac61628767f8ca555d9a476a1101b89bb9 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/legacy/dtc2278.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/legacy/dtc2278.c
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ static int __init dtc2278_probe(void)
 	probe_hwif_init(hwif);
 	probe_hwif_init(mate);
 
-	create_proc_ide_interfaces();
+	ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
+	ide_proc_register_port(mate);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/legacy/ht6560b.c b/drivers/ide/legacy/ht6560b.c
index a2832643c522f0cc6805ca497cde92e32fb5fbbc..c8f353b1296f9ca84c50bb8e1f127f2b2e3f3bd3 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/legacy/ht6560b.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/legacy/ht6560b.c
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@ int __init ht6560b_init(void)
 	probe_hwif_init(hwif);
 	probe_hwif_init(mate);
 
-	create_proc_ide_interfaces();
+	ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
+	ide_proc_register_port(mate);
 
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/legacy/qd65xx.c b/drivers/ide/legacy/qd65xx.c
index 2fb8f50f1293e66df0008c9d0d44b4d6f39e43f4..d1414a75b52371d707aa5375ec5ee4b1221e2ca5 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/legacy/qd65xx.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/legacy/qd65xx.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static int __init qd_probe(int base)
 		qd_setup(hwif, base, config, QD6500_DEF_DATA, QD6500_DEF_DATA,
 			 &qd6500_tune_drive);
 
-		create_proc_ide_interfaces();
+		ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
 
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ static int __init qd_probe(int base)
 				 &qd6580_tune_drive);
 			qd_write_reg(QD_DEF_CONTR,QD_CONTROL_PORT);
 
-			create_proc_ide_interfaces();
+			ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
 
 			return 1;
 		} else {
@@ -479,7 +479,8 @@ static int __init qd_probe(int base)
 				 &qd6580_tune_drive);
 			qd_write_reg(QD_DEF_CONTR,QD_CONTROL_PORT);
 
-			create_proc_ide_interfaces();
+			ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
+			ide_proc_register_port(mate);
 
 			return 0; /* no other qd65xx possible */
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/ide/legacy/umc8672.c b/drivers/ide/legacy/umc8672.c
index ca7974455578005242b4ec79bdcbffae174835c7..ddc403a0bd829dee9fef1c0fd4ca2f2afb3ce4c9 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/legacy/umc8672.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/legacy/umc8672.c
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ static int __init umc8672_probe(void)
 	probe_hwif_init(hwif);
 	probe_hwif_init(mate);
 
-	create_proc_ide_interfaces();
+	ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
+	ide_proc_register_port(mate);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c b/drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c
index d54d9fe92a7d548324b38809d360fe1c280722fa..ca95e990862ebdf36df33f936e47709b8d1ace6a 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c
@@ -760,6 +760,9 @@ static int au_ide_probe(struct device *dev)
 #endif
 
 	probe_hwif_init(hwif);
+
+	ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
+
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, hwif);
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Au1xxx IDE(builtin) configured for %s\n", mode );
diff --git a/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c b/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
index 81fa06851b27dadfd5c4d34c58aa38b6a276c5f4..6e935d7c63fd987858b256ea0c786b02d737821f 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ static int __devinit swarm_ide_probe(struct device *dev)
 	hwif->irq = hwif->hw.irq;
 
 	probe_hwif_init(hwif);
+
+	ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
+
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, hwif);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/cs5520.c b/drivers/ide/pci/cs5520.c
index 400859a839f7dcd9b1fb4c25b1796a98e87a12cb..3b88a3a561167c3986b8a0815c1b3161fec8ba7f 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/cs5520.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/cs5520.c
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ static ide_pci_device_t cyrix_chipsets[] __devinitdata = {
  
 static int __devinit cs5520_init_one(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 {
+	ide_hwif_t *hwif = NULL, *mate = NULL;
 	ata_index_t index;
 	ide_pci_device_t *d = &cyrix_chipsets[id->driver_data];
 
@@ -239,10 +240,21 @@ static int __devinit cs5520_init_one(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_devic
 
 	ide_pci_setup_ports(dev, d, 14, &index);
 
-	if((index.b.low & 0xf0) != 0xf0)
-		probe_hwif_init(&ide_hwifs[index.b.low]);
-	if((index.b.high & 0xf0) != 0xf0)
-		probe_hwif_init(&ide_hwifs[index.b.high]);
+	if ((index.b.low & 0xf0) != 0xf0)
+		hwif = &ide_hwifs[index.b.low];
+	if ((index.b.high & 0xf0) != 0xf0)
+		mate = &ide_hwifs[index.b.high];
+
+	if (hwif)
+		probe_hwif_init(hwif);
+	if (mate)
+		probe_hwif_init(mate);
+
+	if (hwif)
+		ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
+	if (mate)
+		ide_proc_register_port(mate);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/sgiioc4.c b/drivers/ide/pci/sgiioc4.c
index fd09b295a69dd0b86c004ada223d03b289b18a14..d3185e29a38eef3c6763c68ef390e4b3aaa0ec69 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/sgiioc4.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/sgiioc4.c
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ sgiioc4_ide_setup_pci_device(struct pci_dev *dev, ide_pci_device_t * d)
 		return -EIO;
 
 	/* Create /proc/ide entries */
-	create_proc_ide_interfaces();
+	ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c b/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c
index a49ebe44babd1d5f0d97c92b3fdd963be0fc7f70..45fc36f0f219feaba9649978c69d697966e2ba57 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c
@@ -1276,6 +1276,8 @@ pmac_ide_setup_device(pmac_ide_hwif_t *pmif, ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 	/* We probe the hwif now */
 	probe_hwif_init(hwif);
 
+	ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/setup-pci.c b/drivers/ide/setup-pci.c
index 118fb3205ca81cda6f4f260bedeea806883ffa4d..892cda75578242edd1dc54cada2a1dd5f688f79e 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/setup-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/setup-pci.c
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ static int do_ide_setup_pci_device(struct pci_dev *dev, ide_pci_device_t *d,
 
 int ide_setup_pci_device(struct pci_dev *dev, ide_pci_device_t *d)
 {
+	ide_hwif_t *hwif = NULL, *mate = NULL;
 	ata_index_t index_list;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -710,11 +711,19 @@ int ide_setup_pci_device(struct pci_dev *dev, ide_pci_device_t *d)
 		goto out;
 
 	if ((index_list.b.low & 0xf0) != 0xf0)
-		probe_hwif_init_with_fixup(&ide_hwifs[index_list.b.low], d->fixup);
+		hwif = &ide_hwifs[index_list.b.low];
 	if ((index_list.b.high & 0xf0) != 0xf0)
-		probe_hwif_init_with_fixup(&ide_hwifs[index_list.b.high], d->fixup);
+		mate = &ide_hwifs[index_list.b.high];
 
-	create_proc_ide_interfaces();
+	if (hwif)
+		probe_hwif_init_with_fixup(hwif, d->fixup);
+	if (mate)
+		probe_hwif_init_with_fixup(mate, d->fixup);
+
+	if (hwif)
+		ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
+	if (mate)
+		ide_proc_register_port(mate);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -748,7 +757,15 @@ int ide_setup_pci_devices(struct pci_dev *dev1, struct pci_dev *dev2,
 		}
 	}
 
-	create_proc_ide_interfaces();
+	for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+		u8 idx[2] = { index_list[i].b.low, index_list[i].b.high };
+		int j;
+
+		for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
+			if ((idx[j] & 0xf0) != 0xf0)
+				ide_proc_register_port(ide_hwifs + idx[j]);
+		}
+	}
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index bdb97655ef61453be63f22168488b153644256b6..52d482a16dd97c4d4fb36292b84b6aae341d8747 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -909,12 +909,10 @@ typedef struct {
 	write_proc_t	*write_proc;
 } ide_proc_entry_t;
 
-extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_ide_root;
-
 void proc_ide_create(void);
 void proc_ide_destroy(void);
-void create_proc_ide_interfaces(void);
-void destroy_proc_ide_interface(ide_hwif_t *);
+void ide_proc_register_port(ide_hwif_t *);
+void ide_proc_unregister_port(ide_hwif_t *);
 void ide_proc_register_driver(ide_drive_t *, ide_driver_t *);
 void ide_proc_unregister_driver(ide_drive_t *, ide_driver_t *);
 
@@ -945,8 +943,8 @@ void ide_pci_create_host_proc(const char *, get_info_t *);
 #else
 static inline void proc_ide_create(void) { ; }
 static inline void proc_ide_destroy(void) { ; }
-static inline void create_proc_ide_interfaces(void) { ; }
-static inline void destroy_proc_ide_interface(ide_hwif_t *hwif) { ; }
+static inline void ide_proc_register_port(ide_hwif_t *hwif) { ; }
+static inline void ide_proc_unregister_port(ide_hwif_t *hwif) { ; }
 static inline void ide_proc_register_driver(ide_drive_t *drive, ide_driver_t *driver) { ; }
 static inline void ide_proc_unregister_driver(ide_drive_t *drive, ide_driver_t *driver) { ; }
 static inline void ide_add_generic_settings(ide_drive_t *drive) { ; }