diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/amd74xx.c b/drivers/ide/pci/amd74xx.c
index 6f6fadf5a9d8517f31d72f069ee107f42a377f6c..dc2ab1153d3e2e3c62bc7492d68c93c63a3e6e2d 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/amd74xx.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/amd74xx.c
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ static unsigned int __devinit init_chipset_amd74xx(struct pci_dev *dev, const ch
  * Print the boot message.
  */
 
-	pci_read_config_byte(dev, PCI_REVISION_ID, &t);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%s: %s (rev %02x) UDMA%s controller\n",
 		amd_chipset->name, pci_name(dev), dev->revision,
 		amd_dma[fls(amd_config->udma_mask) - 1]);