diff --git a/dracut-functions b/dracut-functions
index 0808c317..6ca53d0e 100755
--- a/dracut-functions
+++ b/dracut-functions
@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ instmods() {
 	mod=${mod##*/}
 	case $mod in
 	    =*) 
-		if [ -f $srcmods/modules.${mod#=} ]; then
+                if [ "$mod" = "=ata" -a -f $srcmods/modules.block ] ; then 
+                        instmods $mpargs $(cat "${modcat}.block" |egrep 'ata|ahci');;
+		elif [ -f $srcmods/modules.${mod#=} ]; then
 			instmods $mpargs $(cat  $srcmods/modules.${mod#=} )
 		else
 			instmods $mpargs $(find "$srcmods" -path "*/${mod#=}/*")