diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index edf650b20c67..cdb81471102a 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ static inline void do_identify (ide_drive_t *drive, u8 cmd)
 
 	drive->id_read = 1;
 	local_irq_enable();
+#ifdef DEBUG
+	printk(KERN_INFO "%s: dumping identify data\n", drive->name);
+	ide_dump_identify((u8 *)id);
+#endif
 	ide_fix_driveid(id);
 
 #if defined (CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO) || defined (CONFIG_SCSI_EATA)
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 7072c535f7cf..34542186fb15 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -1288,6 +1288,11 @@ extern struct bus_type ide_bus_type;
 #define ide_id_has_flush_cache_ext(id)	\
 	(((id)->cfs_enable_2 & 0x2400) == 0x2400)
 
+static inline void ide_dump_identify(u8 *id)
+{
+	print_hex_dump(KERN_INFO, "", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE, 16, 2, id, 512, 0);
+}
+
 static inline int hwif_to_node(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 {
 	struct pci_dev *dev = hwif->pci_dev;