diff --git a/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c b/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c
index 9ac4e378992ef60d71634121379b91479c8660f2..0c6155f51173484a66bf80b5e5efe6f1f1fc464c 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c
@@ -869,10 +869,10 @@ static void do_pata_set_dmamode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev, in
 				(timings[pio][1] << 8);
 		}
 
-		if (ap->udma_mask) {
+		if (ap->udma_mask)
 			udma_enable &= ~(1 << devid);
-			pci_write_config_word(dev, master_port, master_data);
-		}
+
+		pci_write_config_word(dev, master_port, master_data);
 	}
 	/* Don't scribble on 0x48 if the controller does not support UDMA */
 	if (ap->udma_mask)