diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index b010633eb5ba..809362b13c99 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ static int init_irq (ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 
 		if (io_ports->ctl_addr)
 			/* clear nIEN */
-			hwif->OUTB(0x08, io_ports->ctl_addr);
+			hwif->OUTBSYNC(hwif, 0x08, io_ports->ctl_addr);
 
 		if (request_irq(hwif->irq,&ide_intr,sa,hwif->name,hwgroup))
 	       		goto out_unlink;