diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 67bf150fa66bfffce73bb30f76c35266c1fe9c88..2bff9adcacf15de02b7f0f6c35f83116410df606 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -1671,7 +1671,10 @@ static int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_port *ap, int classify,
 				reset == softreset ? "soft" : "hard");
 
 	/* mark that this EH session started with reset */
-	ehc->i.flags |= ATA_EHI_DID_RESET;
+	if (reset == hardreset)
+		ehc->i.flags |= ATA_EHI_DID_HARDRESET;
+	else
+		ehc->i.flags |= ATA_EHI_DID_SOFTRESET;
 
 	rc = ata_do_reset(ap, reset, classes);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 73b86dd30aecc716cad0478d4aec3a4c47a517ec..d8cfc72ea9c110937161c910813a5f59d447b3b6 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -282,11 +282,13 @@ enum {
 	ATA_EHI_NO_AUTOPSY	= (1 << 2),  /* no autopsy */
 	ATA_EHI_QUIET		= (1 << 3),  /* be quiet */
 
-	ATA_EHI_DID_RESET	= (1 << 16), /* already reset this port */
-	ATA_EHI_PRINTINFO	= (1 << 17), /* print configuration info */
-	ATA_EHI_SETMODE		= (1 << 18), /* configure transfer mode */
-	ATA_EHI_POST_SETMODE	= (1 << 19), /* revaildating after setmode */
+	ATA_EHI_DID_SOFTRESET	= (1 << 16), /* already soft-reset this port */
+	ATA_EHI_DID_HARDRESET	= (1 << 17), /* already soft-reset this port */
+	ATA_EHI_PRINTINFO	= (1 << 18), /* print configuration info */
+	ATA_EHI_SETMODE		= (1 << 19), /* configure transfer mode */
+	ATA_EHI_POST_SETMODE	= (1 << 20), /* revaildating after setmode */
 
+	ATA_EHI_DID_RESET	= ATA_EHI_DID_SOFTRESET | ATA_EHI_DID_HARDRESET,
 	ATA_EHI_RESET_MODIFIER_MASK = ATA_EHI_RESUME_LINK,
 
 	/* max repeat if error condition is still set after ->error_handler */