diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_via.c b/drivers/ata/sata_via.c
index c21589986c695f38756d1ced8a13422acfa3cac9..8b677bbf2d37be97d37e89c57441e26807a55e87 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_via.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_via.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ static int vt8251_prepare_host(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct ata_host **r_host)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void svia_configure(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+static void svia_configure(struct pci_dev *pdev, int board_id)
 {
 	u8 tmp8;
 
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ static void svia_configure(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * vt6421 has problems talking to some drives.  The following
+	 * vt6420/1 has problems talking to some drives.  The following
 	 * is the fix from Joseph Chan <JosephChan@via.com.tw>.
 	 *
 	 * When host issues HOLD, device may send up to 20DW of data
@@ -596,8 +596,9 @@ static void svia_configure(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	 *
 	 * https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15173
 	 * http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ide/46352
+	 * http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1062139
 	 */
-	if (pdev->device == 0x3249) {
+	if (board_id == vt6420 || board_id == vt6421) {
 		pci_read_config_byte(pdev, 0x52, &tmp8);
 		tmp8 |= 1 << 2;
 		pci_write_config_byte(pdev, 0x52, tmp8);
@@ -652,7 +653,7 @@ static int svia_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	svia_configure(pdev);
+	svia_configure(pdev, board_id);
 
 	pci_set_master(pdev);
 	return ata_host_activate(host, pdev->irq, ata_bmdma_interrupt,