diff --git a/drivers/ata/ata_generic.c b/drivers/ata/ata_generic.c
index 573158a..d4ccf74 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ata_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ata_generic.c
@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA,    PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_82C561), },
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_OPTI,   PCI_DEVICE_ID_OPTI_82C558), },
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_CENATEK,PCI_DEVICE_ID_CENATEK_IDE), },
+	/*
+	 * For some reason, MCP89 on MacBook 7,1 doesn't work with
+	 * ahci, use ata_generic instead.
+	 */
+	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA, PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_NFORCE_MCP89_SATA,
+	  PCI_VENDOR_ID_APPLE, 0xcb89, },
 #if !defined(CONFIG_PATA_TOSHIBA) && !defined(CONFIG_PATA_TOSHIBA_MODULE)
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_TOSHIBA,PCI_DEVICE_ID_TOSHIBA_PICCOLO_1), },
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_TOSHIBA,PCI_DEVICE_ID_TOSHIBA_PICCOLO_2),  },