diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c
index 5b0ba3f20edcfd4603538ce7505d69dd93f8bb29..ef01ac07502e54625cbf02b7ae7ff11322f5c245 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ acpi_handle ata_dev_acpi_handle(struct ata_device *dev)
 	acpi_integer adr;
 	struct ata_port *ap = dev->link->ap;
 
+	if (dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_ACPI_DISABLED)
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_ACPI_SATA) {
 		if (!sata_pmp_attached(ap))
 			adr = SATA_ADR(ap->port_no, NO_PORT_MULT);
@@ -945,6 +948,7 @@ int ata_acpi_on_devcfg(struct ata_device *dev)
 		return rc;
 	}
 
+	dev->flags |= ATA_DFLAG_ACPI_DISABLED;
 	ata_dev_warn(dev, "ACPI: failed the second time, disabled\n");
 
 	/* We can safely continue if no _GTF command has been executed
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 77eeeda2b6e2cbcab6cda30aaa5269885344150c..e931c9ad10786ffa4ee8de90133e67fc206f36ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ enum {
 
 	ATA_DFLAG_DA		= (1 << 26), /* device supports Device Attention */
 	ATA_DFLAG_DEVSLP	= (1 << 27), /* device supports Device Sleep */
+	ATA_DFLAG_ACPI_DISABLED = (1 << 28), /* ACPI for the device is disabled */
 
 	ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN		= 0,	/* unknown device */
 	ATA_DEV_ATA		= 1,	/* ATA device */