diff --git a/drivers/ide/arm/rapide.c b/drivers/ide/arm/rapide.c
index b30adcf321c3dcfdcafe27c79678c0845e9f5cf8..823d3331318d04d539bbe81c033ead5102d12bda 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/arm/rapide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/arm/rapide.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static void __devexit rapide_remove(struct expansion_card *ec)
 
 	ecard_set_drvdata(ec, NULL);
 
-	ide_unregister(hwif->index);
+	ide_unregister(hwif->index, 1, 1);
 
 	ecard_release_resources(ec);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-pnp.c b/drivers/ide/ide-pnp.c
index 61c33ef64bdab95d42f95959d52b5547bd2ad27c..a766bdbbad385dfdfe24e0266e6e307545f48334 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-pnp.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-pnp.c
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ static int idepnp_probe(struct pnp_dev * dev, const struct pnp_device_id *dev_id
 static void idepnp_remove(struct pnp_dev * dev)
 {
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = pnp_get_drvdata(dev);
-	if (hwif) {
-		ide_unregister(hwif->index);
-	} else
+
+	if (hwif)
+		ide_unregister(hwif->index, 1, 1);
+	else
 		printk(KERN_ERR "idepnp: Unable to remove device, please report.\n");
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index 4b130e7102eb1ce2faeb44847a49edf9d1985f19..166acd513d5bd9249f78f9a8dfafc62494b0acd5 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -499,6 +499,8 @@ void ide_remove_port_from_hwgroup(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 /**
  *	ide_unregister		-	free an IDE interface
  *	@index: index of interface (will change soon to a pointer)
+ *	@init_default: init default hwif flag
+ *	@restore: restore hwif flag
  *
  *	Perform the final unregister of an IDE interface. At the moment
  *	we don't refcount interfaces so this will also get split up.
@@ -518,7 +520,7 @@ void ide_remove_port_from_hwgroup(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
  *	This is raving bonkers.
  */
 
-void ide_unregister(unsigned int index)
+void ide_unregister(unsigned int index, int init_default, int restore)
 {
 	ide_drive_t *drive;
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif, *g;
@@ -602,9 +604,12 @@ void ide_unregister(unsigned int index)
 
 	/* restore hwif data to pristine status */
 	ide_init_port_data(hwif, index);
-	init_hwif_default(hwif, index);
 
-	ide_hwif_restore(hwif, &tmp_hwif);
+	if (init_default)
+		init_hwif_default(hwif, index);
+
+	if (restore)
+		ide_hwif_restore(hwif, &tmp_hwif);
 
 abort:
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ide_lock);
@@ -710,12 +715,12 @@ int ide_register_hw(hw_regs_t *hw, void (*quirkproc)(ide_drive_t *),
 				goto found;
 		}
 		for (index = 0; index < MAX_HWIFS; index++)
-			ide_unregister(index);
+			ide_unregister(index, 1, 1);
 	} while (retry--);
 	return -1;
 found:
 	if (hwif->present)
-		ide_unregister(index);
+		ide_unregister(index, 0, 1);
 	else if (!hwif->hold)
 		ide_init_port_data(hwif, index);
 
@@ -1058,7 +1063,7 @@ int generic_ide_ioctl(ide_drive_t *drive, struct file *file, struct block_device
 	        case HDIO_UNREGISTER_HWIF:
 			if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) return -EACCES;
 			/* (arg > MAX_HWIFS) checked in function */
-			ide_unregister(arg);
+			ide_unregister(arg, 1, 1);
 			return 0;
 		case HDIO_SET_NICE:
 			if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) return -EACCES;
@@ -1703,7 +1708,7 @@ void __exit cleanup_module (void)
 	int index;
 
 	for (index = 0; index < MAX_HWIFS; ++index)
-		ide_unregister(index);
+		ide_unregister(index, 0, 0);
 
 	proc_ide_destroy();
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/legacy/ide-cs.c b/drivers/ide/legacy/ide-cs.c
index 3bd29676ef6ad14358bdbe9d18e2c468883bf8c8..2d772e2bebb315691a28a2ea43dfecaf507d987d 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/legacy/ide-cs.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/legacy/ide-cs.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ void ide_release(struct pcmcia_device *link)
     if (info->ndev) {
 	/* FIXME: if this fails we need to queue the cleanup somehow
 	   -- need to investigate the required PCMCIA magic */
-	ide_unregister(info->hd);
+	ide_unregister(info->hd, 1, 1);
     }
     info->ndev = 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/legacy/ide_platform.c b/drivers/ide/legacy/ide_platform.c
index 7c7f42a1fffa10b74112d9d16d3b63e802fcbe42..c0dd67f4af32db90af87801c4184ac7c0a8abc5e 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/legacy/ide_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/legacy/ide_platform.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static int __devexit plat_ide_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = pdev->dev.driver_data;
 
-	ide_unregister(hwif->index);
+	ide_unregister(hwif->index, 1, 1);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c b/drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c
index b80d77a260da0d89350c97823f7040e622ca4f85..66a675a10f13eaefb982e65d5737b9cab915734d 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ static int au_ide_remove(struct device *dev)
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	_auide_hwif *ahwif = &auide_hwif;
 
-	ide_unregister(hwif->index);
+	ide_unregister(hwif->index, 1, 1);
 
 	iounmap((void *)ahwif->regbase);
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/delkin_cb.c b/drivers/ide/pci/delkin_cb.c
index 3fdf5e5a6fbef6cfdeed8c9c15cb9239c731879d..4e9ebaa796246f6d22242396c8a11cfa9a0485bf 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/delkin_cb.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/delkin_cb.c
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ delkin_cb_remove (struct pci_dev *dev)
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = pci_get_drvdata(dev);
 
 	if (hwif)
-		ide_unregister(hwif->index);
+		ide_unregister(hwif->index, 1, 1);
+
 	pci_disable_device(dev);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/scc_pata.c b/drivers/ide/pci/scc_pata.c
index 085c1b58a99c138e8cf9cda087295a7199e3b78f..7e52a55c86cc2e7170733f70696d1a7afe4331af 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/scc_pata.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/scc_pata.c
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ static void __devexit scc_remove(struct pci_dev *dev)
 		hwif->dmatable_cpu = NULL;
 	}
 
-	ide_unregister(hwif->index);
+	ide_unregister(hwif->index, 1, 1);
 
 	hwif->chipset = ide_unknown;
 	iounmap((void*)ports->dma);
diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/mediabay.c b/drivers/macintosh/mediabay.c
index 18dde2a27209e91ba85a7a9adf4b933780e7732f..de9ebbfbf122b039d5b5d035e7b67455939ebb49 100644
--- a/drivers/macintosh/mediabay.c
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/mediabay.c
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ static void media_bay_step(int i)
     	        if (bay->cd_index >= 0) {
 			printk(KERN_DEBUG "Unregistering mb %d ide, index:%d\n", i,
 			       bay->cd_index);
-			ide_unregister(bay->cd_index);
+			ide_unregister(bay->cd_index, 1, 1);
 			bay->cd_index = -1;
 		}
 	    	if (bay->cd_retry) {
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index f7fe8b1fe681bda642c977da56814cbcab708c47..8ae0480af008e7d2d713e19f6e696c4296c13057 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ static inline void ide_acpi_set_state(ide_hwif_t *hwif, int on) {}
 void ide_remove_port_from_hwgroup(ide_hwif_t *);
 extern int ide_hwif_request_regions(ide_hwif_t *hwif);
 extern void ide_hwif_release_regions(ide_hwif_t* hwif);
-extern void ide_unregister (unsigned int index);
+void ide_unregister(unsigned int, int, int);
 
 void ide_register_region(struct gendisk *);
 void ide_unregister_region(struct gendisk *);