diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-devsets.c b/drivers/ide/ide-devsets.c
index 1099bf7cf968ac216818e7ed0b6973e6cd6741ce..cb3341ce655ceb75f3c2cfca9453c4e068788d32 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-devsets.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-devsets.c
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ static int set_pio_mode(ide_drive_t *drive, int arg)
 		return -ENOSYS;
 
 	if (set_pio_mode_abuse(drive->hwif, arg)) {
+		drive->pio_mode = arg + XFER_PIO_0;
+
 		if (arg == 8 || arg == 9) {
 			unsigned long flags;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index 4d76ba473097ac2ad89295181f9c8adb5433156a..9a9f10f4cf9fdaf56d23b79b585d9507ce5fc403 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -1043,6 +1043,8 @@ static void ide_port_init_devices(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 		if (hwif->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_NO_UNMASK_IRQS)
 			drive->dev_flags |= IDE_DFLAG_NO_UNMASK;
 
+		drive->pio_mode = XFER_PIO_0;
+
 		if (port_ops && port_ops->init_dev)
 			port_ops->init_dev(drive);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-xfer-mode.c b/drivers/ide/ide-xfer-mode.c
index 46d203ce60cc4ab879be08a85b2f2a8540ddd88e..cdae463f6b417b6b9ad2fbbd77ca037c6f78ec4b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-xfer-mode.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-xfer-mode.c
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ int ide_set_pio_mode(ide_drive_t *drive, const u8 mode)
 	 * set transfer mode on the device in ->set_pio_mode method...
 	 */
 	if (port_ops->set_dma_mode == NULL) {
+		drive->pio_mode = mode;
 		port_ops->set_pio_mode(drive, mode - XFER_PIO_0);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -142,9 +143,11 @@ int ide_set_pio_mode(ide_drive_t *drive, const u8 mode)
 	if (hwif->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_POST_SET_MODE) {
 		if (ide_config_drive_speed(drive, mode))
 			return -1;
+		drive->pio_mode = mode;
 		port_ops->set_pio_mode(drive, mode - XFER_PIO_0);
 		return 0;
 	} else {
+		drive->pio_mode = mode;
 		port_ops->set_pio_mode(drive, mode - XFER_PIO_0);
 		return ide_config_drive_speed(drive, mode);
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 0ec612959042dbfece0dbac4dbc33c11c4da43f5..b5d2e96550593e948ced08bcb9a540ab23b6bf79 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ struct ide_drive_s {
         u8	init_speed;	/* transfer rate set at boot */
         u8	current_speed;	/* current transfer rate set */
 	u8	desired_speed;	/* desired transfer rate set */
+	u8	pio_mode;	/* for ->set_pio_mode _only_ */
         u8	dn;		/* now wide spread use */
 	u8	acoustic;	/* acoustic management */
 	u8	media;		/* disk, cdrom, tape, floppy, ... */