diff --git a/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c b/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c
index dc42ba1b46f7..b952c584338f 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 #include <linux/libata.h>
 
 #define DRV_NAME	"ata_piix"
-#define DRV_VERSION	"2.10"
+#define DRV_VERSION	"2.10ac1"
 
 enum {
 	PIIX_IOCFG		= 0x54, /* IDE I/O configuration register */
@@ -667,14 +667,9 @@ static int ich_pata_prereset(struct ata_port *ap)
 {
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(ap->host->dev);
 
-	if (!pci_test_config_bits(pdev, &piix_enable_bits[ap->port_no])) {
-		ata_port_printk(ap, KERN_INFO, "port disabled. ignoring.\n");
-		ap->eh_context.i.action &= ~ATA_EH_RESET_MASK;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
+	if (!pci_test_config_bits(pdev, &piix_enable_bits[ap->port_no]))
+		return -ENOENT;
 	ich_pata_cbl_detect(ap);
-
 	return ata_std_prereset(ap);
 }