diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 62e033146bedae50c7de7126f0f3a8b2aec67b17..a34adc2c85df65711eb7cf80de3ffd9ead3e78a6 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -2098,7 +2098,9 @@ int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_link *link, int classify,
 	u32 sstatus;
 	int rc;
 
-	/* about to reset */
+	/*
+	 * Prepare to reset
+	 */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(ap->lock, flags);
 	ap->pflags |= ATA_PFLAG_RESETTING;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(ap->lock, flags);
@@ -2124,16 +2126,8 @@ int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_link *link, int classify,
 			ap->ops->set_piomode(ap, dev);
 	}
 
-	if (!softreset && !hardreset) {
-		if (verbose)
-			ata_link_printk(link, KERN_INFO, "no reset method "
-					"available, skipping reset\n");
-		if (!(lflags & ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_CLASS))
-			lflags |= ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_ATA;
-		goto done;
-	}
-
 	/* prefer hardreset */
+	reset = NULL;
 	ehc->i.action &= ~ATA_EH_RESET;
 	if (hardreset) {
 		reset = hardreset;
@@ -2141,11 +2135,6 @@ int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_link *link, int classify,
 	} else if (softreset) {
 		reset = softreset;
 		ehc->i.action = ATA_EH_SOFTRESET;
-	} else {
-		ata_link_printk(link, KERN_ERR, "BUG: no reset method, "
-				"please report to linux-ide@vger.kernel.org\n");
-		dump_stack();
-		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (prereset) {
@@ -2165,55 +2154,68 @@ int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_link *link, int classify,
 					"prereset failed (errno=%d)\n", rc);
 			goto out;
 		}
-	}
 
-	/* prereset() might have cleared ATA_EH_RESET */
-	if (!(ehc->i.action & ATA_EH_RESET)) {
-		/* prereset told us not to reset, bang classes and return */
-		ata_link_for_each_dev(dev, link)
-			classes[dev->devno] = ATA_DEV_NONE;
-		rc = 0;
-		goto out;
+		/* prereset() might have cleared ATA_EH_RESET.  If so,
+		 * bang classes and return.
+		 */
+		if (reset && !(ehc->i.action & ATA_EH_RESET)) {
+			ata_link_for_each_dev(dev, link)
+				classes[dev->devno] = ATA_DEV_NONE;
+			rc = 0;
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
  retry:
+	/*
+	 * Perform reset
+	 */
 	deadline = jiffies + ata_eh_reset_timeouts[try++];
 
-	/* shut up during boot probing */
-	if (verbose)
-		ata_link_printk(link, KERN_INFO, "%s resetting link\n",
-				reset == softreset ? "soft" : "hard");
+	if (reset) {
+		if (verbose)
+			ata_link_printk(link, KERN_INFO, "%s resetting link\n",
+					reset == softreset ? "soft" : "hard");
 
-	/* mark that this EH session started with reset */
-	if (reset == hardreset)
-		ehc->i.flags |= ATA_EHI_DID_HARDRESET;
-	else
-		ehc->i.flags |= ATA_EHI_DID_SOFTRESET;
+		/* mark that this EH session started with reset */
+		if (reset == hardreset)
+			ehc->i.flags |= ATA_EHI_DID_HARDRESET;
+		else
+			ehc->i.flags |= ATA_EHI_DID_SOFTRESET;
 
-	rc = ata_do_reset(link, reset, classes, deadline);
+		rc = ata_do_reset(link, reset, classes, deadline);
 
-	if (reset == hardreset &&
-	    ata_eh_followup_srst_needed(link, rc, classify, classes)) {
-		/* okay, let's do follow-up softreset */
-		reset = softreset;
+		if (reset == hardreset &&
+		    ata_eh_followup_srst_needed(link, rc, classify, classes)) {
+			/* okay, let's do follow-up softreset */
+			reset = softreset;
 
-		if (!reset) {
-			ata_link_printk(link, KERN_ERR,
-					"follow-up softreset required "
-					"but no softreset avaliable\n");
-			rc = -EINVAL;
-			goto fail;
+			if (!reset) {
+				ata_link_printk(link, KERN_ERR,
+						"follow-up softreset required "
+						"but no softreset avaliable\n");
+				rc = -EINVAL;
+				goto fail;
+			}
+
+			ata_eh_about_to_do(link, NULL, ATA_EH_RESET);
+			rc = ata_do_reset(link, reset, classes, deadline);
 		}
 
-		ata_eh_about_to_do(link, NULL, ATA_EH_RESET);
-		rc = ata_do_reset(link, reset, classes, deadline);
+		/* -EAGAIN can happen if we skipped followup SRST */
+		if (rc && rc != -EAGAIN)
+			goto fail;
+	} else {
+		if (verbose)
+			ata_link_printk(link, KERN_INFO, "no reset method "
+					"available, skipping reset\n");
+		if (!(lflags & ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_CLASS))
+			lflags |= ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_ATA;
 	}
 
-	/* -EAGAIN can happen if we skipped followup SRST */
-	if (rc && rc != -EAGAIN)
-		goto fail;
-
- done:
+	/*
+	 * Post-reset processing
+	 */
 	ata_link_for_each_dev(dev, link) {
 		/* After the reset, the device state is PIO 0 and the
 		 * controller state is undefined.  Reset also wakes up