diff --git a/drivers/ide/arm/icside.c b/drivers/ide/arm/icside.c
index 65038ca35e10e87f50cc3edcda171475205fbf87..061456914ca352469ca644df2e83e311ac92d9fb 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/arm/icside.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/arm/icside.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static const struct ide_port_info icside_v6_port_info __initdata = {
 	.init_dma		= icside_dma_off_init,
 	.port_ops		= &icside_v6_no_dma_port_ops,
 	.dma_ops		= &icside_v6_dma_ops,
-	.host_flags		= IDE_HFLAG_SERIALIZE,
+	.host_flags		= IDE_HFLAG_SERIALIZE | IDE_HFLAG_MMIO,
 	.mwdma_mask		= ATA_MWDMA2,
 	.swdma_mask		= ATA_SWDMA2,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/ide/arm/palm_bk3710.c b/drivers/ide/arm/palm_bk3710.c
index aaf32541622d8a08ac0a5551209c6c26922c5e3d..96378ebfb31fc70e4e4e81b0ef65fa08d454dae2 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/arm/palm_bk3710.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/arm/palm_bk3710.c
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ static const struct ide_port_ops palm_bk3710_ports_ops = {
 static const struct ide_port_info __devinitdata palm_bk3710_port_info = {
 	.init_dma		= palm_bk3710_init_dma,
 	.port_ops		= &palm_bk3710_ports_ops,
+	.host_flags		= IDE_HFLAG_MMIO,
 	.pio_mask		= ATA_PIO4,
 	.udma_mask		= ATA_UDMA4,	/* (input clk 99MHz) */
 	.mwdma_mask		= ATA_MWDMA2,
diff --git a/drivers/ide/arm/rapide.c b/drivers/ide/arm/rapide.c
index babc1a5e128d6fadc623294942efe621e08522a1..1747b23587758f93c1fc44f69b264f8198ad6def 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/arm/rapide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/arm/rapide.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ rapide_probe(struct expansion_card *ec, const struct ecard_id *id)
 
 		ide_init_port_hw(hwif, &hw);
 
+		hwif->host_flags = IDE_HFLAG_MMIO;
 		default_hwif_mmiops(hwif);
 
 		idx[0] = hwif->index;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/legacy/ide_platform.c b/drivers/ide/legacy/ide_platform.c
index 8279dc7ca4c0086fc8ca4b5551012cd6d316306c..d3bc3f24e05d07e52f079121117a672b11de0146 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/legacy/ide_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/legacy/ide_platform.c
@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ static int __devinit plat_ide_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ide_init_port_hw(hwif, &hw);
 
-	if (mmio)
+	if (mmio) {
+		hwif->host_flags = IDE_HFLAG_MMIO;
 		default_hwif_mmiops(hwif);
+	}
 
 	idx[0] = hwif->index;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c b/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
index 68947626e4aaa40bde14c333c9ca7dcaef21713e..712d17bdd4705f8ff2d07bf20371c702de79a564 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/mips/swarm.c
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ static int __devinit swarm_ide_probe(struct device *dev)
 	base = ioremap(offset, size);
 
 	/* Setup MMIO ops.  */
+	hwif->host_flags = IDE_HFLAG_MMIO;
 	default_hwif_mmiops(hwif);
 
 	hwif->chipset = ide_generic;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/sgiioc4.c b/drivers/ide/pci/sgiioc4.c
index 63e28f4e6d3b3304221b1e991dcc9b7e622cb577..16a0bce17d6905b03959ea8817b227be2d70e94b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/sgiioc4.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/sgiioc4.c
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ static const struct ide_port_info sgiioc4_port_info __devinitdata = {
 	.init_dma		= ide_dma_sgiioc4,
 	.port_ops		= &sgiioc4_port_ops,
 	.dma_ops		= &sgiioc4_dma_ops,
+	.host_flags		= IDE_HFLAG_MMIO,
 	.mwdma_mask		= ATA_MWDMA2_ONLY,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c b/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
index c2040a017f475e3abea81f27644ebc0b0dc49044..076a476c3e3d979b11cbfe0f739ec800c645dc74 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c
@@ -630,6 +630,7 @@ static void __devinit init_mmio_iops_siimage(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 	 *	Fill in the basic HWIF bits
 	 */
 
+	hwif->host_flags |= IDE_HFLAG_MMIO;
 	default_hwif_mmiops(hwif);
 	hwif->hwif_data			= addr;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c b/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c
index 3cac6b2790dd7cfc77110c541ccc699ae4c6430a..48aa019127bc9c35522741bb022381f8ec35ca03 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c
@@ -941,6 +941,7 @@ static const struct ide_port_info pmac_port_info = {
 	.port_ops		= &pmac_ide_port_ops,
 	.host_flags		= IDE_HFLAG_SET_PIO_MODE_KEEP_DMA |
 				  IDE_HFLAG_POST_SET_MODE |
+				  IDE_HFLAG_MMIO |
 				  IDE_HFLAG_UNMASK_IRQS,
 	.pio_mask		= ATA_PIO4,
 	.mwdma_mask		= ATA_MWDMA2,
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index b89b95dcb70824ca5c743b224ab91b4336dcf401..8e79875f987295aee0d4750c5773e3751641e9e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -1069,6 +1069,8 @@ enum {
 	IDE_HFLAG_NO_DMA		= (1 << 14),
 	/* check if host is PCI IDE device before allowing DMA */
 	IDE_HFLAG_NO_AUTODMA		= (1 << 15),
+	/* host uses MMIO */
+	IDE_HFLAG_MMIO			= (1 << 16),
 	/* host is CS5510/CS5520 */
 	IDE_HFLAG_CS5520		= IDE_HFLAG_VDMA,
 	/* no LBA48 */