diff --git a/drivers/ide/setup-pci.c b/drivers/ide/setup-pci.c
index 804c3ef..1c0c557 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/setup-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/setup-pci.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- *	ide_hwif_configure	-	configure an IDE interface
+ *	ide_hw_configure	-	configure a hw_regs_t instance
  *	@dev: PCI device holding interface
  *	@d: IDE port info
  *	@port: port number
@@ -300,23 +300,20 @@
  *	is done per interface port rather than per PCI device. There may be
  *	more than one port per device.
  *
- *	Returns the new hardware interface structure, or NULL on a failure
+ *	Returns zero on success or an error code.
  */
 
-static ide_hwif_t *ide_hwif_configure(struct pci_dev *dev,
-				      const struct ide_port_info *d,
-				      unsigned int port, int irq,
-				      hw_regs_t *hw)
+static int ide_hw_configure(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct ide_port_info *d,
+			    unsigned int port, int irq, hw_regs_t *hw)
 {
 	unsigned long ctl = 0, base = 0;
-	ide_hwif_t *hwif;
 
 	if ((d->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_ISA_PORTS) == 0) {
 		if (ide_pci_check_iomem(dev, d, 2 * port) ||
 		    ide_pci_check_iomem(dev, d, 2 * port + 1)) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: I/O baseregs (BIOS) are reported "
 					"as MEM for port %d!\n", d->name, port);
-			return NULL;
+			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
 		ctl  = pci_resource_start(dev, 2*port+1);
@@ -330,7 +327,7 @@
 	if (!base || !ctl) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: bad PCI BARs for port %d, skipping\n",
 				d->name, port);
-		return NULL;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	memset(hw, 0, sizeof(*hw));
@@ -339,13 +336,7 @@
 	hw->chipset = d->chipset ? d->chipset : ide_pci;
 	ide_std_init_ports(hw, base, ctl | 2);
 
-	hwif = ide_find_port_slot(d);
-	if (hwif == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-
-	hwif->chipset = hw->chipset;
-
-	return hwif;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI
@@ -443,7 +434,6 @@
  *	@dev: PCI device
  *	@d: IDE port info
  *	@pciirq: IRQ line
- *	@idx: ATA index table to update
  *	@hw: hw_regs_t instances corresponding to this PCI IDE device
  *	@hws: hw_regs_t pointers table to update
  *
@@ -457,10 +447,9 @@
  */
 
 void ide_pci_setup_ports(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct ide_port_info *d,
-			 int pciirq, u8 *idx, hw_regs_t *hw, hw_regs_t **hws)
+			 int pciirq, hw_regs_t *hw, hw_regs_t **hws)
 {
 	int channels = (d->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_SINGLE) ? 1 : 2, port;
-	ide_hwif_t *hwif;
 	u8 tmp;
 
 	/*
@@ -476,12 +465,10 @@
 			continue;	/* port not enabled */
 		}
 
-		hwif = ide_hwif_configure(dev, d, port, pciirq, hw + port);
-		if (hwif == NULL)
+		if (ide_hw_configure(dev, d, port, pciirq, hw + port))
 			continue;
 
 		*(hws + port) = hw + port;
-		*(idx + port) = hwif->index;
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_pci_setup_ports);
@@ -554,7 +541,7 @@
 
 int ide_setup_pci_device(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct ide_port_info *d)
 {
-	u8 idx[4] = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff };
+	struct ide_host *host;
 	hw_regs_t hw[4], *hws[] = { NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL };
 	int ret;
 
@@ -562,9 +549,11 @@
 
 	if (ret >= 0) {
 		/* FIXME: silent failure can happen */
-		ide_pci_setup_ports(dev, d, ret, &idx[0], &hw[0], &hws[0]);
+		ide_pci_setup_ports(dev, d, ret, &hw[0], &hws[0]);
 
-		ide_device_add(idx, d, hws);
+		host = ide_host_alloc(d, hws);
+		if (host)
+			ide_host_register(host, d, hws);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -575,9 +564,9 @@
 			  const struct ide_port_info *d)
 {
 	struct pci_dev *pdev[] = { dev1, dev2 };
+	struct ide_host *host;
 	int ret, i;
 	hw_regs_t hw[4], *hws[] = { NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL };
-	u8 idx[4] = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff };
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
 		ret = do_ide_setup_pci_device(pdev[i], d, !i);
@@ -590,11 +579,12 @@
 			goto out;
 
 		/* FIXME: silent failure can happen */
-		ide_pci_setup_ports(pdev[i], d, ret, &idx[i*2], &hw[i*2],
-				    &hws[i*2]);
+		ide_pci_setup_ports(pdev[i], d, ret, &hw[i*2], &hws[i*2]);
 	}
 
-	ide_device_add(idx, d, hws);
+	host = ide_host_alloc(d, hws);
+	if (host)
+		ide_host_register(host, d, hws);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }