diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index 6a6f2e066b46..56fb0b843429 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -172,11 +172,12 @@ static inline void do_identify (ide_drive_t *drive, u8 cmd)
 	ide_fixstring(id->fw_rev,    sizeof(id->fw_rev),    bswap);
 	ide_fixstring(id->serial_no, sizeof(id->serial_no), bswap);
 
+	/* we depend on this a lot! */
+	id->model[sizeof(id->model)-1] = '\0';
+
 	if (strstr(id->model, "E X A B Y T E N E S T"))
 		goto err_misc;
 
-	/* we depend on this a lot! */
-	id->model[sizeof(id->model)-1] = '\0';
 	printk("%s: %s, ", drive->name, id->model);
 	drive->present = 1;
 	drive->dead = 0;