diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 99f83bdc572b740433d6bdbe38e0bfb579144e7f..88cdc4938beaca421d66929ce76f03202f399f1c 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -2052,15 +2052,13 @@ static int ata_do_reset(struct ata_link *link, ata_reset_fn_t reset,
 		classes[dev->devno] = ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN;
 
 	rc = reset(link, classes, deadline);
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
 
 	/* convert all ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN to ATA_DEV_NONE */
 	ata_link_for_each_dev(dev, link)
 		if (classes[dev->devno] == ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN)
 			classes[dev->devno] = ATA_DEV_NONE;
 
-	return 0;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static int ata_eh_followup_srst_needed(struct ata_link *link,
@@ -2209,21 +2207,6 @@ int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_link *link, int classify,
 	if (rc && rc != -EAGAIN)
 		goto fail;
 
-	/* was classification successful? */
-	if (classify && classes[0] == ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN &&
-	    !(lflags & ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_CLASS)) {
-		if (try < max_tries) {
-			ata_link_printk(link, KERN_WARNING,
-					"classification failed\n");
-			rc = -EINVAL;
-			goto fail;
-		}
-
-		ata_link_printk(link, KERN_WARNING,
-				"classfication failed, assuming ATA\n");
-		lflags |= ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_ATA;
-	}
-
  done:
 	ata_link_for_each_dev(dev, link) {
 		/* After the reset, the device state is PIO 0 and the
diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c b/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c
index 9f47d0022453a0809990c8ada1a2f5ac1ccfa239..d27bb9a2568f77678e82dfbc032df8045daa4b94 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c
@@ -428,8 +428,6 @@ static int inic_hardreset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int *class,
 
 		ata_sff_tf_read(ap, &tf);
 		*class = ata_dev_classify(&tf);
-		if (*class == ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN)
-			*class = ATA_DEV_NONE;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c b/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
index 068789361895cdd6e0c011e321b533f579ad87cc..20757fa6115d871521aba78ed57bdef74f1daf3b 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
@@ -693,9 +693,6 @@ static int sil24_softreset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int *class,
 	sil24_read_tf(ap, 0, &tf);
 	*class = ata_dev_classify(&tf);
 
-	if (*class == ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN)
-		*class = ATA_DEV_NONE;
-
  out:
 	DPRINTK("EXIT, class=%u\n", *class);
 	return 0;