diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 7027ea3..beff987 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Changes for U-Boot 1.1.3:
 ======================================================================
 
+* Fix CompactFlash problem on HMI1001 board
+
 * Make new "mtdparts" code build with older compilers
   Patch by Andrea Scian, 09 Aug 2005
 
diff --git a/include/configs/hmi1001.h b/include/configs/hmi1001.h
index aec405b..7f9fea5 100644
--- a/include/configs/hmi1001.h
+++ b/include/configs/hmi1001.h
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@
 #define CFG_IDE_MAXBUS		1	/* max. 1 IDE bus		*/
 #define CFG_IDE_MAXDEVICE	2	/* max. 2 drives per IDE bus	*/
 
+#define CONFIG_IDE_PREINIT	1
+
 #define CFG_ATA_IDE0_OFFSET	0x0000
 
 #define CFG_ATA_BASE_ADDR	MPC5XXX_ATA