diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/8255_pci.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/8255_pci.c
index 8a57c3c1ade0..1097dc6a3086 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/8255_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/8255_pci.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Configuration Options: not applicable, uses PCI auto config
 #include "../comedidev.h"
 
 #include "8255.h"
+#include "mite.h"
 
 enum pci_8255_boardid {
 	BOARD_ADLINK_PCI7224,
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ struct pci_8255_boardinfo {
 	const char *name;
 	int dio_badr;
 	int n_8255;
+	unsigned int has_mite:1;
 };
 
 static const struct pci_8255_boardinfo pci_8255_boards[] = {
@@ -126,36 +128,43 @@ static const struct pci_8255_boardinfo pci_8255_boards[] = {
 		.name		= "ni_pci-dio-96",
 		.dio_badr	= 1,
 		.n_8255		= 4,
+		.has_mite	= 1,
 	},
 	[BOARD_NI_PCIDIO96B] = {
 		.name		= "ni_pci-dio-96b",
 		.dio_badr	= 1,
 		.n_8255		= 4,
+		.has_mite	= 1,
 	},
 	[BOARD_NI_PXI6508] = {
 		.name		= "ni_pxi-6508",
 		.dio_badr	= 1,
 		.n_8255		= 4,
+		.has_mite	= 1,
 	},
 	[BOARD_NI_PCI6503] = {
 		.name		= "ni_pci-6503",
 		.dio_badr	= 1,
 		.n_8255		= 1,
+		.has_mite	= 1,
 	},
 	[BOARD_NI_PCI6503B] = {
 		.name		= "ni_pci-6503b",
 		.dio_badr	= 1,
 		.n_8255		= 1,
+		.has_mite	= 1,
 	},
 	[BOARD_NI_PCI6503X] = {
 		.name		= "ni_pci-6503x",
 		.dio_badr	= 1,
 		.n_8255		= 1,
+		.has_mite	= 1,
 	},
 	[BOARD_NI_PXI_6503] = {
 		.name		= "ni_pxi-6503",
 		.dio_badr	= 1,
 		.n_8255		= 1,
+		.has_mite	= 1,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -163,6 +172,25 @@ struct pci_8255_private {
 	void __iomem *mmio_base;
 };
 
+static int pci_8255_mite_init(struct pci_dev *pcidev)
+{
+	void __iomem *mite_base;
+	u32 main_phys_addr;
+
+	/* ioremap the MITE registers (BAR 0) temporarily */
+	mite_base = pci_ioremap_bar(pcidev, 0);
+	if (!mite_base)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* set data window to main registers (BAR 1) */
+	main_phys_addr = pci_resource_start(pcidev, 1);
+	writel(main_phys_addr | WENAB, mite_base + MITE_IODWBSR);
+
+	/* finished with MITE registers */
+	iounmap(mite_base);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int pci_8255_mmio(int dir, int port, int data, unsigned long iobase)
 {
 	void __iomem *mmio_base = (void __iomem *)iobase;
@@ -201,6 +229,12 @@ static int pci_8255_auto_attach(struct comedi_device *dev,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (board->has_mite) {
+		ret = pci_8255_mite_init(pcidev);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	is_mmio = (pci_resource_flags(pcidev, board->dio_badr) &
 		   IORESOURCE_MEM) != 0;
 	if (is_mmio) {