diff --git a/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c b/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
index 712d17bdd4705f8ff2d07bf20371c702de79a564..52fee3d2771a7ce7bfdb95592e44b898d9288417 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *	Author:	Manish Lachwani, mlachwani@mvista.com
  * Copyright (C) 2004  MIPS Technologies, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  *	Author: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@mips.com>
- * Copyright (c) 2006  Maciej W. Rozycki
+ * Copyright (c) 2006, 2008  Maciej W. Rozycki
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ static int __devinit swarm_ide_probe(struct device *dev)
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif;
 	u8 __iomem *base;
 	phys_t offset, size;
+	hw_regs_t hw;
 	int i;
-	u8 idx[4] = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff };
+	u8 idx[] = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff };
 
 	if (!SIBYTE_HAVE_IDE)
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -112,14 +113,15 @@ static int __devinit swarm_ide_probe(struct device *dev)
 	hwif->host_flags = IDE_HFLAG_MMIO;
 	default_hwif_mmiops(hwif);
 
-	hwif->chipset = ide_generic;
-
 	for (i = 0; i <= 7; i++)
-		hwif->io_ports_array[i] =
+		hw.io_ports_array[i] =
 				(unsigned long)(base + ((0x1f0 + i) << 5));
-	hwif->io_ports.ctl_addr =
+	hw.io_ports.ctl_addr =
 				(unsigned long)(base + (0x3f6 << 5));
-	hwif->irq = K_INT_GB_IDE;
+	hw.irq = K_INT_GB_IDE;
+	hw.chipset = ide_generic;
+
+	ide_init_port_hw(hwif, &hw);
 
 	idx[0] = hwif->index;