diff --git a/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c b/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
index 66f6064f4640..09c9e7936b0d 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
@@ -4,6 +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
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ static int __devinit swarm_ide_probe(struct device *dev)
 	memcpy(hwif->io_ports, hwif->hw.io_ports, sizeof(hwif->io_ports));
 	hwif->irq = hwif->hw.irq;
 
+	probe_hwif_init(hwif);
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, hwif);
 
 	return 0;