diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 2e4b8dd03cfe..4ed4777bba67 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ typedef struct hwif_s {
 	u8 straight8;	/* Alan's straight 8 check */
 	u8 bus_state;	/* power state of the IDE bus */
 
-	u16 host_flags;
+	u32 host_flags;
 
 	u8 pio_mask;