diff --git a/hw/etraxfs.c b/hw/etraxfs.c
index 4f93cd81c3afce0c389a9b450ced300bf6772f49..2f6e2ee8da5788a90ba175770b5be3d445e2c07b 100644
--- a/hw/etraxfs.c
+++ b/hw/etraxfs.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void bareetraxfs_init (ram_addr_t ram_size, int vga_ram_size,
     phys_flash = qemu_ram_alloc(FLASH_SIZE);
     i = drive_get_index(IF_PFLASH, 0, 0);
     pflash_cfi02_register(0x0, phys_flash,
-                          drives_table[i].bdrv, (64 * 1024),
+                          i != -1 ? drives_table[i].bdrv : NULL, (64 * 1024),
                           FLASH_SIZE >> 16,
                           1, 2, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000,
                           0x555, 0x2aa);