diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-pci-generic.c b/drivers/ide/ide-pci-generic.c
index 61111fd2713010c8f0948e3017ff0720ed8a47ac..39d4e01f5c9ce21e317562da3aeef5679885cb5b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-pci-generic.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-pci-generic.c
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ static int ide_generic_all;		/* Set to claim all devices */
 module_param_named(all_generic_ide, ide_generic_all, bool, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(all_generic_ide, "IDE generic will claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.");
 
+static void netcell_quirkproc(ide_drive_t *drive)
+{
+	/* mark words 85-87 as valid */
+	drive->id[ATA_ID_CSF_DEFAULT] |= 0x4000;
+}
+
+static const struct ide_port_ops netcell_port_ops = {
+	.quirkproc		= netcell_quirkproc,
+};
+
 #define DECLARE_GENERIC_PCI_DEV(extra_flags) \
 	{ \
 		.name		= DRV_NAME, \
@@ -74,6 +84,7 @@ static const struct ide_port_info generic_chipsets[] __devinitdata = {
 
 	{	/* 6: Revolution */
 		.name		= DRV_NAME,
+		.port_ops	= &netcell_port_ops,
 		.host_flags	= IDE_HFLAG_CLEAR_SIMPLEX |
 				  IDE_HFLAG_TRUST_BIOS_FOR_DMA |
 				  IDE_HFLAG_OFF_BOARD,