diff --git a/src/system/boot/platform/bios_ia32/devices.cpp b/src/system/boot/platform/bios_ia32/devices.cpp
index ea7c7b5548..d311067ddc 100644
--- a/src/system/boot/platform/bios_ia32/devices.cpp
+++ b/src/system/boot/platform/bios_ia32/devices.cpp
@@ -528,7 +528,8 @@ BIOSDrive::BIOSDrive(uint8 driveID)
 {
 	TRACE(("drive ID %u\n", driveID));
 
-	if (get_ext_drive_parameters(driveID, &fParameters) != B_OK) {
+	if (driveID < 0x80
+		|| get_ext_drive_parameters(driveID, &fParameters) != B_OK) {
 		// old style CHS support
 
 		if (get_drive_parameters(driveID, &fParameters) != B_OK) {