diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
index adc6827558577b32e3d3b144aac17197e6cf03fe..3fa07c0aeaa433e2ba3bfdc769c669ae05f8d71d 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ int ide_build_dmatable (ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 				xcount = bcount & 0xffff;
 				if (is_trm290)
 					xcount = ((xcount >> 2) - 1) << 16;
-				if (xcount == 0x0000) {
+				else if (xcount == 0x0000) {
 	/* 
 	 * Most chipsets correctly interpret a length of 0x0000 as 64KB,
 	 * but at least one (e.g. CS5530) misinterprets it as zero (!).