diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c b/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c
index 31d98fec775..567fd843c7f 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ static int __init ide_generic_init(void)
 	unsigned long io_addr;
 	int i, rc;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS
+	if (!ide_probe_legacy())
+		return -ENODEV;
+#endif
 	printk(KERN_INFO DRV_NAME ": please use \"probe_mask=0x3f\" module "
 			 "parameter for probing all legacy ISA IDE ports\n");
 
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/mach-generic/ide.h b/include/asm-mips/mach-generic/ide.h
index 0f6c251f5fe..71a01c5aec1 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/mach-generic/ide.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/mach-generic/ide.h
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ static __inline__ int ide_default_irq(unsigned long base)
 
 static __inline__ unsigned long ide_default_io_base(int index)
 {
-	if (!ide_probe_legacy())
-		return 0;
 	/*
 	 *      If PCI is present then it is not safe to poke around
 	 *      the other legacy IDE ports. Only 0x1f0 and 0x170 are