diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index 4d940d1a80e..91c352c8272 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -928,6 +928,31 @@ static void ide_add_drive_to_hwgroup(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ide_lock);
 }
 
+/*
+ * For any present drive:
+ * - allocate the block device queue
+ * - link drive into the hwgroup
+ */
+static void ide_port_setup_devices(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_DRIVES; i++) {
+		ide_drive_t *drive = &hwif->drives[i];
+
+		if (!drive->present)
+			continue;
+
+		if (ide_init_queue(drive)) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "ide: failed to init %s\n",
+					drive->name);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		ide_add_drive_to_hwgroup(drive);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * This routine sets up the irq for an ide interface, and creates a new
  * hwgroup for the irq/hwif if none was previously assigned.
@@ -1037,22 +1062,6 @@ static int init_irq (ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 			hwif->rqsize = 65536;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * For any present drive:
-	 * - allocate the block device queue
-	 * - link drive into the hwgroup
-	 */
-	for (index = 0; index < MAX_DRIVES; ++index) {
-		ide_drive_t *drive = &hwif->drives[index];
-		if (!drive->present)
-			continue;
-		if (ide_init_queue(drive)) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "ide: failed to init %s\n",drive->name);
-			continue;
-		}
-		ide_add_drive_to_hwgroup(drive);
-	}
-
 #if !defined(__mc68000__) && !defined(CONFIG_APUS)
 	printk("%s at 0x%03lx-0x%03lx,0x%03lx on irq %d", hwif->name,
 		hwif->io_ports[IDE_DATA_OFFSET],
@@ -1066,6 +1075,9 @@ static int init_irq (ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 		printk(" (%sed with %s)",
 			hwif->sharing_irq ? "shar" : "serializ", match->name);
 	printk("\n");
+
+	ide_port_setup_devices(hwif);
+
 	mutex_unlock(&ide_cfg_mtx);
 	return 0;
 out_unlink: