diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index d6f934886b04..f9c1acb4ed6a 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ static int lba_capacity_is_ok (struct hd_driveid *id)
 {
 	unsigned long lba_sects, chs_sects, head, tail;
 
+	/* No non-LBA info .. so valid! */
+	if (id->cyls == 0)
+		return 1;
+
 	/*
 	 * The ATA spec tells large drives to return
 	 * C/H/S = 16383/16/63 independent of their size.