1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index fa16bc30bbc9..c2b791224097 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -667,7 +667,6 @@ int ide_register_hw(hw_regs_t *hw, void (*quirkproc)(ide_drive_t *),
 
         do {
                 hwif = ide_deprecated_find_port(hw->io_ports[IDE_DATA_OFFSET]);
-                index = hwif->index;
                 if (hwif)
                         goto found;
                 for (index = 0; index < MAX_HWIFS; index++)
@@ -675,6 +674,7 @@ int ide_register_hw(hw_regs_t *hw, void (*quirkproc)(ide_drive_t *),
         } while (retry--);
         return -1;
 found:
+        index = hwif->index;
         if (hwif->present)
                 ide_unregister(index, 0, 1);
         else if (!hwif->hold)