diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index a31fe96f7de670927dd0a10f7c1abc74a89a03e6..f5917756c49db981031da9bd33ea8cabc501a985 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -5886,21 +5886,9 @@ void ata_host_init(struct ata_host *host, struct device *dev,
 	host->ops = ops;
 }
 
-
-static void async_port_probe(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie)
+int ata_port_probe(struct ata_port *ap)
 {
-	int rc;
-	struct ata_port *ap = data;
-
-	/*
-	 * If we're not allowed to scan this host in parallel,
-	 * we need to wait until all previous scans have completed
-	 * before going further.
-	 * Jeff Garzik says this is only within a controller, so we
-	 * don't need to wait for port 0, only for later ports.
-	 */
-	if (!(ap->host->flags & ATA_HOST_PARALLEL_SCAN) && ap->port_no != 0)
-		async_synchronize_cookie(cookie);
+	int rc = 0;
 
 	/* probe */
 	if (ap->ops->error_handler) {
@@ -5926,23 +5914,33 @@ static void async_port_probe(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie)
 		DPRINTK("ata%u: bus probe begin\n", ap->print_id);
 		rc = ata_bus_probe(ap);
 		DPRINTK("ata%u: bus probe end\n", ap->print_id);
-
-		if (rc) {
-			/* FIXME: do something useful here?
-			 * Current libata behavior will
-			 * tear down everything when
-			 * the module is removed
-			 * or the h/w is unplugged.
-			 */
-		}
 	}
+	return rc;
+}
+
+
+static void async_port_probe(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie)
+{
+	struct ata_port *ap = data;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we're not allowed to scan this host in parallel,
+	 * we need to wait until all previous scans have completed
+	 * before going further.
+	 * Jeff Garzik says this is only within a controller, so we
+	 * don't need to wait for port 0, only for later ports.
+	 */
+	if (!(ap->host->flags & ATA_HOST_PARALLEL_SCAN) && ap->port_no != 0)
+		async_synchronize_cookie(cookie);
+
+	(void)ata_port_probe(ap);
 
 	/* in order to keep device order, we need to synchronize at this point */
 	async_synchronize_cookie(cookie);
 
 	ata_scsi_scan_host(ap, 1);
-
 }
+
 /**
  *	ata_host_register - register initialized ATA host
  *	@host: ATA host to register
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index 5defc74973d751a6283b10ac40bc29f257abbedd..897066761359ff6dce65f469e2323b088f87d416 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -3809,7 +3809,7 @@ int ata_sas_port_init(struct ata_port *ap)
 
 	if (!rc) {
 		ap->print_id = ata_print_id++;
-		rc = ata_bus_probe(ap);
+		rc = ata_port_probe(ap);
 	}
 
 	return rc;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata.h b/drivers/ata/libata.h
index a9be110dbf5175de1f66942c5d21da98ab86b053..773de97988a25143c897df8de7b751ead6e6b696 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata.h
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ extern int ata_task_ioctl(struct scsi_device *scsidev, void __user *arg);
 extern int ata_cmd_ioctl(struct scsi_device *scsidev, void __user *arg);
 extern struct ata_port *ata_port_alloc(struct ata_host *host);
 extern const char *sata_spd_string(unsigned int spd);
+extern int ata_port_probe(struct ata_port *ap);
 
 /* libata-acpi.c */
 #ifdef CONFIG_ATA_ACPI