diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 82af7011f2ddd137e2a601ae95c704a4219ada9e..91b478f205572ec6570e17bb41bda4b635593311 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -4024,6 +4024,7 @@ static const struct ata_blacklist_entry ata_device_blacklist [] = {
 
 	/* Weird ATAPI devices */
 	{ "TORiSAN DVD-ROM DRD-N216", NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_MAX_SEC_128 },
+	{ "QUANTUM DAT    DAT72-000", NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_ATAPI_MOD16_DMA },
 
 	/* Devices we expect to fail diagnostics */
 
@@ -4444,7 +4445,8 @@ int atapi_check_dma(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	/* Don't allow DMA if it isn't multiple of 16 bytes.  Quite a
 	 * few ATAPI devices choke on such DMA requests.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(qc->nbytes & 15))
+	if (!(qc->dev->horkage & ATA_HORKAGE_ATAPI_MOD16_DMA) &&
+	    unlikely(qc->nbytes & 15))
 		return 1;
 
 	if (ap->ops->check_atapi_dma)
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index f5441edee55f647be39b6432edb30f83bc81bb13..c7665a4134c552af7559ff1d4737eba9e33e30b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -373,6 +373,8 @@ enum {
 	ATA_HORKAGE_IVB		= (1 << 8),	/* cbl det validity bit bugs */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_STUCK_ERR	= (1 << 9),	/* stuck ERR on next PACKET */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_BRIDGE_OK	= (1 << 10),	/* no bridge limits */
+	ATA_HORKAGE_ATAPI_MOD16_DMA = (1 << 11), /* use ATAPI DMA for commands
+						    not multiple of 16 bytes */
 
 	 /* DMA mask for user DMA control: User visible values; DO NOT
 	    renumber */