diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_via.c b/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
index a9077b617b8d034027fe9478843e0b3eb7e69824..cc09d47fb927409100ff2dbe033efc6275f720c0 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  *	VIA VT8233c	-	UDMA100
  *	VIA VT8235	-	UDMA133
  *	VIA VT8237	-	UDMA133
+ *	VIA VT8251	-	UDMA133
  *
  *	Most registers remain compatible across chips. Others start reserved
  *	and acquire sensible semantics if set to 1 (eg cable detect). A few
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ static const struct via_isa_bridge {
 	u8 rev_max;
 	u16 flags;
 } via_isa_bridges[] = {
+	{ "vt8251",	PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_8251,     0x00, 0x2f, VIA_UDMA_133 | VIA_BAD_AST },
 	{ "cx700",	PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_CX700,    0x00, 0x2f, VIA_UDMA_133 | VIA_BAD_AST },
 	{ "vt6410",	PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_6410,     0x00, 0x2f, VIA_UDMA_133 | VIA_BAD_AST | VIA_NO_ENABLES},
 	{ "vt8237a",	PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_8237A,    0x00, 0x2f, VIA_UDMA_133 | VIA_BAD_AST },