diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index eb59f16..606145e 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -1850,8 +1850,11 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < ATA_MAX_DEVICES; i++)
 		ap->device[i].pio_mode = XFER_PIO_0;
 
-	/* read IDENTIFY page and configure devices */
-	for (i = 0; i < ATA_MAX_DEVICES; i++) {
+	/* read IDENTIFY page and configure devices. We have to do the identify
+	   specific sequence bass-ackwards so that PDIAG- is released by
+	   the slave device */
+
+	for (i = ATA_MAX_DEVICES - 1; i >=  0; i--) {
 		dev = &ap->device[i];
 
 		if (tries[i])
@@ -1864,6 +1867,15 @@
 				     dev->id);
 		if (rc)
 			goto fail;
+	}
+
+	/* After the identify sequence we can now set up the devices. We do
+	   this in the normal order so that the user doesn't get confused */
+
+	for(i = 0; i < ATA_MAX_DEVICES; i++) {
+		dev = &ap->device[i];
+		if (!ata_dev_enabled(dev))
+			continue;
 
 		ap->eh_context.i.flags |= ATA_EHI_PRINTINFO;
 		rc = ata_dev_configure(dev);