diff --git a/drivers/ide/falconide.c b/drivers/ide/falconide.c
index a5ba820d69bbbeaa6dfb4e47d523599be78d7335..a638e952d67a4b847ec94b4e7c324ef859382850 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/falconide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/falconide.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static const struct ide_tp_ops falconide_tp_ops = {
 
 static const struct ide_port_info falconide_port_info = {
 	.tp_ops			= &falconide_tp_ops,
-	.host_flags		= IDE_HFLAG_NO_DMA,
+	.host_flags		= IDE_HFLAG_NO_DMA | IDE_HFLAG_SERIALIZE,
 };
 
 static void __init falconide_setup_ports(hw_regs_t *hw)
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index 312127ea443afa6027c413fb6f8c5fb598afcbbe..0db1ed9f5fc2d44330dd18b3c5294931939bc6b1 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -649,7 +649,8 @@ static int ide_register_port(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 	/* register with global device tree */
 	dev_set_name(&hwif->gendev, hwif->name);
 	hwif->gendev.driver_data = hwif;
-	hwif->gendev.parent = hwif->dev;
+	if (hwif->gendev.parent == NULL)
+		hwif->gendev.parent = hwif->dev;
 	hwif->gendev.release = hwif_release_dev;
 
 	ret = device_register(&hwif->gendev);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/palm_bk3710.c b/drivers/ide/palm_bk3710.c
index a7ac490c9ae3f06f1cc766e0ae37ca765f6cf661..f38aac78044c77617f19fd3d349a1aaf6dd9e286 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/palm_bk3710.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/palm_bk3710.c
@@ -346,7 +346,8 @@ static int __init palm_bk3710_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct clk *clk;
 	struct resource *mem, *irq;
-	unsigned long base, rate;
+	void __iomem *base;
+	unsigned long rate;
 	int i, rc;
 	hw_regs_t hw, *hws[] = { &hw, NULL, NULL, NULL };
 
@@ -382,11 +383,13 @@ static int __init palm_bk3710_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	base = IO_ADDRESS(mem->start);
 
 	/* Configure the Palm Chip controller */
-	palm_bk3710_chipinit((void __iomem *)base);
+	palm_bk3710_chipinit(base);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < IDE_NR_PORTS - 2; i++)
-		hw.io_ports_array[i] = base + IDE_PALM_ATA_PRI_REG_OFFSET + i;
-	hw.io_ports.ctl_addr = base + IDE_PALM_ATA_PRI_CTL_OFFSET;
+		hw.io_ports_array[i] = (unsigned long)
+				(base + IDE_PALM_ATA_PRI_REG_OFFSET + i);
+	hw.io_ports.ctl_addr = (unsigned long)
+			(base + IDE_PALM_ATA_PRI_CTL_OFFSET);
 	hw.irq = irq->start;
 	hw.dev = &pdev->dev;
 	hw.chipset = ide_palm3710;