diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c b/drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c
index 510c2e0bd90e360f0d05c9e5a56d30cd45f89fce..9face3c6aa2144fccaaea7ef8d5754076201c0a0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #define DRV_VERSION	"0.9"
 
 enum {
+	SIL_FLAG_RERR_ON_DMA_ACT = (1 << 29),
 	SIL_FLAG_MOD15WRITE	= (1 << 30),
 
 	sil_3112		= 0,
@@ -202,7 +203,8 @@ static const struct ata_port_info sil_port_info[] = {
 	{
 		.sht		= &sil_sht,
 		.host_flags	= ATA_FLAG_SATA | ATA_FLAG_NO_LEGACY |
-				  ATA_FLAG_SRST | ATA_FLAG_MMIO,
+				  ATA_FLAG_SRST | ATA_FLAG_MMIO |
+				  SIL_FLAG_RERR_ON_DMA_ACT,
 		.pio_mask	= 0x1f,			/* pio0-4 */
 		.mwdma_mask	= 0x07,			/* mwdma0-2 */
 		.udma_mask	= 0x3f,			/* udma0-5 */
@@ -212,7 +214,8 @@ static const struct ata_port_info sil_port_info[] = {
 	{
 		.sht		= &sil_sht,
 		.host_flags	= ATA_FLAG_SATA | ATA_FLAG_NO_LEGACY |
-				  ATA_FLAG_SRST | ATA_FLAG_MMIO,
+				  ATA_FLAG_SRST | ATA_FLAG_MMIO |
+				  SIL_FLAG_RERR_ON_DMA_ACT,
 		.pio_mask	= 0x1f,			/* pio0-4 */
 		.mwdma_mask	= 0x07,			/* mwdma0-2 */
 		.udma_mask	= 0x3f,			/* udma0-5 */
@@ -229,12 +232,13 @@ static const struct {
 	unsigned long scr;	/* SATA control register block */
 	unsigned long sien;	/* SATA Interrupt Enable register */
 	unsigned long xfer_mode;/* data transfer mode register */
+	unsigned long sfis_cfg;	/* SATA FIS reception config register */
 } sil_port[] = {
 	/* port 0 ... */
-	{ 0x80, 0x8A, 0x00, 0x100, 0x148, 0xb4 },
-	{ 0xC0, 0xCA, 0x08, 0x180, 0x1c8, 0xf4 },
-	{ 0x280, 0x28A, 0x200, 0x300, 0x348, 0x2b4 },
-	{ 0x2C0, 0x2CA, 0x208, 0x380, 0x3c8, 0x2f4 },
+	{ 0x80, 0x8A, 0x00, 0x100, 0x148, 0xb4, 0x14c },
+	{ 0xC0, 0xCA, 0x08, 0x180, 0x1c8, 0xf4, 0x1cc },
+	{ 0x280, 0x28A, 0x200, 0x300, 0x348, 0x2b4, 0x34c },
+	{ 0x2C0, 0x2CA, 0x208, 0x380, 0x3c8, 0x2f4, 0x3cc },
 	/* ... port 3 */
 };
 
@@ -484,6 +488,23 @@ static int sil_init_one (struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		dev_printk(KERN_WARNING, &pdev->dev,
 			 "cache line size not set.  Driver may not function\n");
 
+	/* Apply R_ERR on DMA activate FIS errata workaround */
+	if (probe_ent->host_flags & SIL_FLAG_RERR_ON_DMA_ACT) {
+		int cnt;
+
+		for (i = 0, cnt = 0; i < probe_ent->n_ports; i++) {
+			tmp = readl(mmio_base + sil_port[i].sfis_cfg);
+			if ((tmp & 0x3) != 0x01)
+				continue;
+			if (!cnt)
+				dev_printk(KERN_INFO, &pdev->dev,
+					   "Applying R_ERR on DMA activate "
+					   "FIS errata fix\n");
+			writel(tmp & ~0x3, mmio_base + sil_port[i].sfis_cfg);
+			cnt++;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (ent->driver_data == sil_3114) {
 		irq_mask = SIL_MASK_4PORT;