diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 5969cec..21f4ae2 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -930,6 +930,10 @@
 		HWIF(drive)->OUTB(drive->ctl, IDE_CONTROL_REG);
  
 	if (CDROM_CONFIG_FLAGS (drive)->drq_interrupt) {
+		/* waiting for CDB interrupt, not DMA yet. */
+		if (info->dma)
+			drive->waiting_for_dma = 0;
+
 		/* packet command */
 		ide_execute_command(drive, WIN_PACKETCMD, handler, ATAPI_WAIT_PC, cdrom_timer_expiry);
 		return ide_started;
@@ -972,6 +976,10 @@
 		/* Check for errors. */
 		if (cdrom_decode_status(drive, DRQ_STAT, NULL))
 			return ide_stopped;
+
+		/* Ok, next interrupt will be DMA interrupt. */
+		if (info->dma)
+			drive->waiting_for_dma = 1;
 	} else {
 		/* Otherwise, we must wait for DRQ to get set. */
 		if (ide_wait_stat(&startstop, drive, DRQ_STAT,
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index 2614f41..99d1c43 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -1646,6 +1646,17 @@
 	del_timer(&hwgroup->timer);
 	spin_unlock(&ide_lock);
 
+	/* Some controllers might set DMA INTR no matter DMA or PIO;
+	 * bmdma status might need to be cleared even for
+	 * PIO interrupts to prevent spurious/lost irq.
+	 */
+	if (hwif->ide_dma_clear_irq && !(drive->waiting_for_dma))
+		/* ide_dma_end() needs bmdma status for error checking.
+		 * So, skip clearing bmdma status here and leave it
+		 * to ide_dma_end() if this is dma interrupt.
+		 */
+		hwif->ide_dma_clear_irq(drive);
+
 	if (drive->unmask)
 		local_irq_enable_in_hardirq();
 	/* service this interrupt, may set handler for next interrupt */
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index c750f6c..65eb095 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@
 	hwif->ide_dma_on		= tmp_hwif->ide_dma_on;
 	hwif->ide_dma_off_quietly	= tmp_hwif->ide_dma_off_quietly;
 	hwif->ide_dma_test_irq		= tmp_hwif->ide_dma_test_irq;
+	hwif->ide_dma_clear_irq		= tmp_hwif->ide_dma_clear_irq;
 	hwif->ide_dma_host_on		= tmp_hwif->ide_dma_host_on;
 	hwif->ide_dma_host_off		= tmp_hwif->ide_dma_host_off;
 	hwif->ide_dma_lostirq		= tmp_hwif->ide_dma_lostirq;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/piix.c b/drivers/ide/pci/piix.c
index 52cfc2a..af65b08 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/piix.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/piix.c
@@ -410,17 +410,14 @@
 }
 
 /**
- *	init_chipset_piix	-	set up the PIIX chipset
- *	@dev: PCI device to set up
- *	@name: Name of the device
+ *	piix_is_ichx	-	check if ICHx
+ *	@dev: PCI device to check
  *
- *	Initialize the PCI device as required. For the PIIX this turns
- *	out to be nice and simple
+ *	returns 1 if ICHx, 0 otherwise.
  */
- 
-static unsigned int __devinit init_chipset_piix (struct pci_dev *dev, const char *name)
+static int piix_is_ichx(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
-        switch(dev->device) {
+        switch (dev->device) {
 		case PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82801EB_1:
 		case PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82801AA_1:
 		case PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82801AB_1:
@@ -438,19 +435,51 @@
 		case PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ICH7_21:
 		case PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ESB2_18:
 		case PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ICH8_6:
-		{
-			unsigned int extra = 0;
-			pci_read_config_dword(dev, 0x54, &extra);
-			pci_write_config_dword(dev, 0x54, extra|0x400);
-		}
-		default:
-			break;
+			return 1;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
+ *	init_chipset_piix	-	set up the PIIX chipset
+ *	@dev: PCI device to set up
+ *	@name: Name of the device
+ *
+ *	Initialize the PCI device as required. For the PIIX this turns
+ *	out to be nice and simple
+ */
+
+static unsigned int __devinit init_chipset_piix (struct pci_dev *dev, const char *name)
+{
+	if (piix_is_ichx(dev)) {
+		unsigned int extra = 0;
+		pci_read_config_dword(dev, 0x54, &extra);
+		pci_write_config_dword(dev, 0x54, extra|0x400);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	piix_dma_clear_irq	-	clear BMDMA status
+ *	@drive: IDE drive to clear
+ *
+ *	Called from ide_intr() for PIO interrupts
+ *	to clear BMDMA status as needed by ICHx
+ */
+static void piix_dma_clear_irq(ide_drive_t *drive)
+{
+	ide_hwif_t *hwif = HWIF(drive);
+	u8 dma_stat;
+
+	/* clear the INTR & ERROR bits */
+	dma_stat = hwif->INB(hwif->dma_status);
+	/* Should we force the bit as well ? */
+	hwif->OUTB(dma_stat, hwif->dma_status);
+}
+
+/**
  *	init_hwif_piix		-	fill in the hwif for the PIIX
  *	@hwif: IDE interface
  *
@@ -486,6 +515,10 @@
 	if (!hwif->dma_base)
 		return;
 
+	/* ICHx need to clear the bmdma status for all interrupts */
+	if (piix_is_ichx(hwif->pci_dev))
+		hwif->ide_dma_clear_irq = &piix_dma_clear_irq;
+
 	hwif->atapi_dma = 1;
 	hwif->ultra_mask = 0x3f;
 	hwif->mwdma_mask = 0x06;