if (!(setting->flags & DS_SYNC))
                return setting->set(drive, arg);
 
-       rq = blk_get_request(q, READ, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!rq)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
+       rq = blk_get_request(q, READ, __GFP_WAIT);
        rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
        rq->cmd_len = 5;
        rq->cmd[0] = REQ_DEVSET_EXEC;
 
  * - allocate the block device queue
  * - link drive into the hwgroup
  */
-static void ide_port_setup_devices(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
+static int ide_port_setup_devices(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 {
-       int i;
+       int i, j = 0;
 
        mutex_lock(&ide_cfg_mtx);
        for (i = 0; i < MAX_DRIVES; i++) {
                if (ide_init_queue(drive)) {
                        printk(KERN_ERR "ide: failed to init %s\n",
                                        drive->name);
+                       kfree(drive->id);
+                       drive->id = NULL;
+                       drive->dev_flags &= ~IDE_DFLAG_PRESENT;
                        continue;
                }
 
+               j++;
+
                ide_add_drive_to_hwgroup(drive);
        }
        mutex_unlock(&ide_cfg_mtx);
+
+       return j;
 }
 
 static ide_hwif_t *ide_ports[MAX_HWIFS];
                        continue;
                }
 
-               j++;
-
                if (hwif->present)
-                       ide_port_setup_devices(hwif);
+                       if (ide_port_setup_devices(hwif) == 0) {
+                               hwif->present = 0;
+                               continue;
+                       }
+
+               j++;
 
                ide_acpi_init(hwif);