diff -ruN dist-2.4.12+patches/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c cvs-2.4.12+patches/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
--- dist-2.4.12+patches/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c	Mon Oct 15 10:21:49 2001
+++ cvs-2.4.12+patches/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c	Mon Oct 15 10:21:49 2001
@@ -569,13 +569,13 @@
 		drive->special.b.set_multmode = 1;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
-
 static int smart_enable(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
 	return ide_wait_cmd(drive, WIN_SMART, 0, SMART_ENABLE, 0, NULL);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+
 static int get_smart_values(ide_drive_t *drive, byte *buf)
 {
 	(void) smart_enable(drive);
@@ -799,6 +799,7 @@
 #endif
 	}
 	drive->no_io_32bit = id->dword_io ? 1 : 0;
+	(void) smart_enable(drive);
 }
 
 static int idedisk_reinit (ide_drive_t *drive)