diff --git a/hw/ide/core.c b/hw/ide/core.c
index 443ff10135..cb7af388f1 100644
--- a/hw/ide/core.c
+++ b/hw/ide/core.c
@@ -2601,30 +2601,29 @@ void ide_init_drive(IDEState *s, DriveInfo *dinfo, const char *version)
     int cylinders, heads, secs;
     uint64_t nb_sectors;
 
-    if (dinfo && dinfo->bdrv) {
-        s->bs = dinfo->bdrv;
-        bdrv_get_geometry(s->bs, &nb_sectors);
-        bdrv_guess_geometry(s->bs, &cylinders, &heads, &secs);
-        s->cylinders = cylinders;
-        s->heads = heads;
-        s->sectors = secs;
-        s->nb_sectors = nb_sectors;
-        /* The SMART values should be preserved across power cycles
-           but they aren't.  */
-        s->smart_enabled = 1;
-        s->smart_autosave = 1;
-        s->smart_errors = 0;
-        s->smart_selftest_count = 0;
-        if (bdrv_get_type_hint(s->bs) == BDRV_TYPE_CDROM) {
-            s->is_cdrom = 1;
-            bdrv_set_change_cb(s->bs, cdrom_change_cb, s);
-        }
-        strncpy(s->drive_serial_str, drive_get_serial(s->bs),
-                sizeof(s->drive_serial_str));
+    s->bs = dinfo->bdrv;
+    bdrv_get_geometry(s->bs, &nb_sectors);
+    bdrv_guess_geometry(s->bs, &cylinders, &heads, &secs);
+    s->cylinders = cylinders;
+    s->heads = heads;
+    s->sectors = secs;
+    s->nb_sectors = nb_sectors;
+    /* The SMART values should be preserved across power cycles
+       but they aren't.  */
+    s->smart_enabled = 1;
+    s->smart_autosave = 1;
+    s->smart_errors = 0;
+    s->smart_selftest_count = 0;
+    if (bdrv_get_type_hint(s->bs) == BDRV_TYPE_CDROM) {
+        s->is_cdrom = 1;
+        bdrv_set_change_cb(s->bs, cdrom_change_cb, s);
     }
-    if (strlen(s->drive_serial_str) == 0)
+    strncpy(s->drive_serial_str, drive_get_serial(s->bs),
+            sizeof(s->drive_serial_str));
+    if (!*s->drive_serial_str) {
         snprintf(s->drive_serial_str, sizeof(s->drive_serial_str),
                  "QM%05d", s->drive_serial);
+    }
     if (version) {
         pstrcpy(s->version, sizeof(s->version), version);
     } else {
@@ -2646,7 +2645,11 @@ static void ide_init1(IDEBus *bus, int unit, DriveInfo *dinfo)
     s->smart_selftest_data = qemu_blockalign(s->bs, 512);
     s->sector_write_timer = qemu_new_timer(vm_clock,
                                            ide_sector_write_timer_cb, s);
-    ide_init_drive(s, dinfo, NULL);
+    if (dinfo) {
+        ide_init_drive(s, dinfo, NULL);
+    } else {
+        ide_reset(s);
+    }
 }
 
 void ide_init2(IDEBus *bus, DriveInfo *hd0, DriveInfo *hd1,