diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_pcmcia.c b/drivers/ata/pata_pcmcia.c
index a808ba03bd7..958238dda8f 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_pcmcia.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_pcmcia.c
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ static int pcmcia_check_one_config(struct pcmcia_device *pdev, void *priv_data)
 {
 	int *is_kme = priv_data;
 
-	if (!(pdev->resource[0]->flags & IO_DATA_PATH_WIDTH_8)) {
+	if ((pdev->resource[0]->flags & IO_DATA_PATH_WIDTH)
+	    != IO_DATA_PATH_WIDTH_8) {
 		pdev->resource[0]->flags &= ~IO_DATA_PATH_WIDTH;
 		pdev->resource[0]->flags |= IO_DATA_PATH_WIDTH_AUTO;
 	}