diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pdc_adma.c b/drivers/scsi/pdc_adma.c
index d1f38c32aa15..efc8fff1d250 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pdc_adma.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pdc_adma.c
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ static struct ata_port_info adma_port_info[] = {
 	{
 		.sht		= &adma_ata_sht,
 		.host_flags	= ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS | ATA_FLAG_SRST |
-				  ATA_FLAG_NO_LEGACY | ATA_FLAG_MMIO,
+				  ATA_FLAG_NO_LEGACY | ATA_FLAG_MMIO |
+				  ATA_FLAG_PIO_POLLING,
 		.pio_mask	= 0x10, /* pio4 */
 		.udma_mask	= 0x1f, /* udma0-4 */
 		.port_ops	= &adma_ata_ops,