diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
index 10ee22ae5c157a85db28a11c0c0dca7635add833..623cec914c9bfcc7d330ab50bf634d196d37142b 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
@@ -1027,13 +1027,15 @@ int ata_pci_init_one (struct pci_dev *pdev, struct ata_port_info **port_info,
 #endif
 	}
 
-	rc = pci_request_regions(pdev, DRV_NAME);
-	if (rc) {
-		disable_dev_on_err = 0;
-		goto err_out;
-	}
-
-	if (legacy_mode) {
+	if (!legacy_mode) {
+		rc = pci_request_regions(pdev, DRV_NAME);
+		if (rc) {
+			disable_dev_on_err = 0;
+			goto err_out;
+		}
+	} else {
+		/* Deal with combined mode hack. This side of the logic all
+		   goes away once the combined mode hack is killed in 2.6.21 */
 		if (!request_region(ATA_PRIMARY_CMD, 8, "libata")) {
 			struct resource *conflict, res;
 			res.start = ATA_PRIMARY_CMD;
@@ -1071,6 +1073,13 @@ int ata_pci_init_one (struct pci_dev *pdev, struct ata_port_info **port_info,
 			}
 		} else
 			legacy_mode |= ATA_PORT_SECONDARY;
+
+		if (legacy_mode & ATA_PORT_PRIMARY)
+			pci_request_region(pdev, 1, DRV_NAME);
+		if (legacy_mode & ATA_PORT_SECONDARY)
+			pci_request_region(pdev, 3, DRV_NAME);
+		/* If there is a DMA resource, allocate it */
+		pci_request_region(pdev, 4, DRV_NAME);
 	}
 
 	/* we have legacy mode, but all ports are unavailable */
@@ -1114,11 +1123,20 @@ int ata_pci_init_one (struct pci_dev *pdev, struct ata_port_info **port_info,
 err_out_ent:
 	kfree(probe_ent);
 err_out_regions:
-	if (legacy_mode & ATA_PORT_PRIMARY)
-		release_region(ATA_PRIMARY_CMD, 8);
-	if (legacy_mode & ATA_PORT_SECONDARY)
-		release_region(ATA_SECONDARY_CMD, 8);
-	pci_release_regions(pdev);
+	/* All this conditional stuff is needed for the combined mode hack
+	   until 2.6.21 when it can go */
+	if (legacy_mode) {
+		pci_release_region(pdev, 4);
+		if (legacy_mode & ATA_PORT_PRIMARY) {
+			release_region(ATA_PRIMARY_CMD, 8);
+			pci_release_region(pdev, 1);
+		}
+		if (legacy_mode & ATA_PORT_SECONDARY) {
+			release_region(ATA_SECONDARY_CMD, 8);
+			pci_release_region(pdev, 3);
+		}
+	} else
+		pci_release_regions(pdev);
 err_out:
 	if (disable_dev_on_err)
 		pci_disable_device(pdev);