diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c b/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c
index 0f72b98d727f43ba72f4d68b2a53871ec9806bcd..bb30c29f6ec04599d7d55d86ffc5cdc351c3b9c4 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c
@@ -14,10 +14,16 @@
 
 static int __init ide_generic_init(void)
 {
+	u8 idx[MAX_HWIFS];
+	int i;
+
 	if (ide_hwifs[0].io_ports[IDE_DATA_OFFSET])
 		ide_get_lock(NULL, NULL); /* for atari only */
 
-	(void)ideprobe_init();
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_HWIFS; i++)
+		idx[i] = ide_hwifs[i].present ? 0xff : i;
+
+	ide_device_add_all(idx);
 
 	if (ide_hwifs[0].io_ports[IDE_DATA_OFFSET])
 		ide_release_lock();	/* for atari only */
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index a7a1cd85f15dc177e5ac5fcc4cca3efe17cf4f20..1af94ac4892ab5cb76489a3edd2a3ea0fbccfdae 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -1340,52 +1340,19 @@ static void hwif_register_devices(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 	}
 }
 
-int ideprobe_init (void)
-{
-	unsigned int index;
-	int probe[MAX_HWIFS];
-
-	memset(probe, 0, MAX_HWIFS * sizeof(int));
-	for (index = 0; index < MAX_HWIFS; ++index)
-		probe[index] = !ide_hwifs[index].present;
-
-	for (index = 0; index < MAX_HWIFS; ++index)
-		if (probe[index])
-			probe_hwif(&ide_hwifs[index]);
-	for (index = 0; index < MAX_HWIFS; ++index)
-		if (probe[index])
-			hwif_init(&ide_hwifs[index]);
-	for (index = 0; index < MAX_HWIFS; ++index) {
-		if (probe[index]) {
-			ide_hwif_t *hwif = &ide_hwifs[index];
-			if (!hwif->present)
-				continue;
-			if (hwif->chipset == ide_unknown || hwif->chipset == ide_forced)
-				hwif->chipset = ide_generic;
-			hwif_register_devices(hwif);
-		}
-	}
-	for (index = 0; index < MAX_HWIFS; ++index)
-		if (probe[index])
-			ide_proc_register_port(&ide_hwifs[index]);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ideprobe_init);
-
-int ide_device_add(u8 idx[4])
+int ide_device_add_all(u8 idx[MAX_HWIFS])
 {
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif;
 	int i, rc = 0;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_HWIFS; i++) {
 		if (idx[i] == 0xff)
 			continue;
 
 		probe_hwif(&ide_hwifs[idx[i]]);
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_HWIFS; i++) {
 		if (idx[i] == 0xff)
 			continue;
 
@@ -1399,7 +1366,7 @@ int ide_device_add(u8 idx[4])
 		}
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_HWIFS; i++) {
 		if (idx[i] == 0xff)
 			continue;
 
@@ -1413,12 +1380,23 @@ int ide_device_add(u8 idx[4])
 		}
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_HWIFS; i++) {
 		if (idx[i] != 0xff)
 			ide_proc_register_port(&ide_hwifs[idx[i]]);
 	}
 
 	return rc;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_device_add_all);
+
+int ide_device_add(u8 idx[4])
+{
+	u8 idx_all[MAX_HWIFS];
+	int i;
 
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_HWIFS; i++)
+		idx_all[i] = (i < 4) ? idx[i] : 0xff;
+
+	return ide_device_add_all(idx_all);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_device_add);
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index dd50a5c5ec10c470f5962f62aac551bc33918cd3..d7c0f9a8bd9e64ee0b5472dac38065db3b43ca63 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -1011,8 +1011,6 @@ extern void do_ide_request(struct request_queue *);
 
 void ide_init_disk(struct gendisk *, ide_drive_t *);
 
-extern int ideprobe_init(void);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_IDEPCI_PCIBUS_ORDER
 extern void ide_scan_pcibus(int scan_direction) __init;
 extern int __ide_pci_register_driver(struct pci_driver *driver, struct module *owner, const char *mod_name);
@@ -1203,6 +1201,7 @@ void ide_unregister_region(struct gendisk *);
 
 void ide_undecoded_slave(ide_drive_t *);
 
+int ide_device_add_all(u8 idx[MAX_HWIFS]);
 int ide_device_add(u8 idx[4]);
 
 static inline void *ide_get_hwifdata (ide_hwif_t * hwif)