diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 8f8ed4dfb1711bdd8041690b4ebf4198aa46dc31..fbbf791639006fb9b9044f60bff679a0915a3120 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -1308,6 +1308,7 @@ static void ata_eh_analyze_serror(struct ata_link *link)
 	struct ata_eh_context *ehc = &link->eh_context;
 	u32 serror = ehc->i.serror;
 	unsigned int err_mask = 0, action = 0;
+	u32 hotplug_mask;
 
 	if (serror & SERR_PERSISTENT) {
 		err_mask |= AC_ERR_ATA_BUS;
@@ -1326,7 +1327,20 @@ static void ata_eh_analyze_serror(struct ata_link *link)
 		err_mask |= AC_ERR_SYSTEM;
 		action |= ATA_EH_HARDRESET;
 	}
-	if (serror & (SERR_PHYRDY_CHG | SERR_DEV_XCHG))
+
+	/* Determine whether a hotplug event has occurred.  Both
+	 * SError.N/X are considered hotplug events for enabled or
+	 * host links.  For disabled PMP links, only N bit is
+	 * considered as X bit is left at 1 for link plugging.
+	 */
+	hotplug_mask = 0;
+
+	if (!(link->flags & ATA_LFLAG_DISABLED) || ata_is_host_link(link))
+		hotplug_mask = SERR_PHYRDY_CHG | SERR_DEV_XCHG;
+	else
+		hotplug_mask = SERR_PHYRDY_CHG;
+
+	if (serror & hotplug_mask)
 		ata_ehi_hotplugged(&ehc->i);
 
 	ehc->i.err_mask |= err_mask;
@@ -2227,6 +2241,10 @@ static int ata_eh_skip_recovery(struct ata_link *link)
 	struct ata_eh_context *ehc = &link->eh_context;
 	struct ata_device *dev;
 
+	/* skip disabled links */
+	if (link->flags & ATA_LFLAG_DISABLED)
+		return 1;
+
 	/* thaw frozen port, resume link and recover failed devices */
 	if ((link->ap->pflags & ATA_PFLAG_FROZEN) ||
 	    (ehc->i.flags & ATA_EHI_RESUME_LINK) || ata_link_nr_enabled(link))
@@ -2327,6 +2345,7 @@ int ata_eh_recover(struct ata_port *ap, ata_prereset_fn_t prereset,
 	struct ata_device *dev;
 	int nr_failed_devs, nr_disabled_devs;
 	int reset, rc;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	DPRINTK("ENTER\n");
 
@@ -2334,6 +2353,15 @@ int ata_eh_recover(struct ata_port *ap, ata_prereset_fn_t prereset,
 	ata_port_for_each_link(link, ap) {
 		struct ata_eh_context *ehc = &link->eh_context;
 
+		/* re-enable link? */
+		if (ehc->i.action & ATA_EH_ENABLE_LINK) {
+			ata_eh_about_to_do(link, NULL, ATA_EH_ENABLE_LINK);
+			spin_lock_irqsave(ap->lock, flags);
+			link->flags &= ~ATA_LFLAG_DISABLED;
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(ap->lock, flags);
+			ata_eh_done(link, NULL, ATA_EH_ENABLE_LINK);
+		}
+
 		ata_link_for_each_dev(dev, link) {
 			if (link->flags & ATA_LFLAG_NO_RETRY)
 				ehc->tries[dev->devno] = 1;
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index adeee7397cdb35517a852f737bf025b9c16eb896..2bd1d26c9c8dc7c3184ebd84db3a3a126a1ae290 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ enum {
 	ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_SEMB	= (1 << 4), /* assume SEMB class */
 	ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_CLASS	= ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_ATA | ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_SEMB,
 	ATA_LFLAG_NO_RETRY	= (1 << 5), /* don't retry this link */
+	ATA_LFLAG_DISABLED	= (1 << 6), /* link is disabled */
 
 	/* struct ata_port flags */
 	ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS	= (1 << 0), /* host supports slave dev */
@@ -289,6 +290,7 @@ enum {
 	ATA_EH_REVALIDATE	= (1 << 0),
 	ATA_EH_SOFTRESET	= (1 << 1),
 	ATA_EH_HARDRESET	= (1 << 2),
+	ATA_EH_ENABLE_LINK	= (1 << 3),
 
 	ATA_EH_RESET_MASK	= ATA_EH_SOFTRESET | ATA_EH_HARDRESET,
 	ATA_EH_PERDEV_MASK	= ATA_EH_REVALIDATE,
@@ -999,6 +1001,7 @@ static inline void ata_ehi_hotplugged(struct ata_eh_info *ehi)
 {
 	ata_ehi_schedule_probe(ehi);
 	ehi->flags |= ATA_EHI_HOTPLUGGED;
+	ehi->action |= ATA_EH_ENABLE_LINK;
 	ehi->err_mask |= AC_ERR_ATA_BUS;
 }