1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 11608cd03d4c..bdb2733208c5 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ static inline void ide_std_init_ports(hw_regs_t *hw,
 
 #include <asm/ide.h>
 
-#ifndef MAX_HWIFS
+#if !defined(MAX_HWIFS) || defined(CONFIG_EMBEDDED)
+#undef MAX_HWIFS
 #define MAX_HWIFS       CONFIG_IDE_MAX_HWIFS
 #endif