5 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index accb53b85ba7..607af5de16f8 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -2109,10 +2109,10 @@ static int ide_cd_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
 
 	if (!strstr("ide-cdrom", drive->driver_req))
 		goto failed;
-	if (!drive->present)
-		goto failed;
+
 	if (drive->media != ide_cdrom && drive->media != ide_optical)
 		goto failed;
+
 	/* skip drives that we were told to ignore */
 	if (ignore != NULL) {
 		if (strstr(ignore, drive->name)) {
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index edfa63750dde..eeb2c3b22e97 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -1136,8 +1136,7 @@ static int ide_disk_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	/* strstr("foo", "") is non-NULL */
 	if (!strstr("ide-disk", drive->driver_req))
 		goto failed;
-	if (!drive->present)
-		goto failed;
+
 	if (drive->media != ide_disk)
 		goto failed;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index 59baa9643f8b..327960380908 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -1390,10 +1390,10 @@ static int ide_floppy_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
 
 	if (!strstr("ide-floppy", drive->driver_req))
 		goto failed;
-	if (!drive->present)
-		goto failed;
+
 	if (drive->media != ide_floppy)
 		goto failed;
+
 	if (!idefloppy_identify_device(drive, drive->id)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "ide-floppy: %s: not supported by this version"
 				" of ide-floppy\n", drive->name);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 2745e5d26848..874e60fc85d1 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -2647,10 +2647,10 @@ static int ide_tape_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
 
 	if (!strstr("ide-tape", drive->driver_req))
 		goto failed;
-	if (!drive->present)
-		goto failed;
+
 	if (drive->media != ide_tape)
 		goto failed;
+
 	if (!idetape_identify_device(drive)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: %s: not supported by this version of"
 				" the driver\n", drive->name);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
index daa5f3115ddc..6a661a4454ee 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
@@ -822,7 +822,6 @@ static int ide_scsi_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (!strstr("ide-scsi", drive->driver_req) ||
-	    !drive->present ||
 	    drive->media == ide_disk ||
 	    !(host = scsi_host_alloc(&idescsi_template,sizeof(idescsi_scsi_t))))
 		return -ENODEV;