diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
index d54f91636ad15f39c553f5c619630eff1516988e..434083c2c2f788f7986c124fad5e556a54467b8a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
@@ -875,3 +875,18 @@ void sas_ata_wait_eh(struct domain_device *dev)
 	ap = dev->sata_dev.ap;
 	ata_port_wait_eh(ap);
 }
+
+void sas_ata_device_link_abort(struct domain_device *device, bool force_reset)
+{
+	struct ata_port *ap = device->sata_dev.ap;
+	struct ata_link *link = &ap->link;
+
+	device->sata_dev.fis[2] = ATA_ERR | ATA_DRDY; /* tf status */
+	device->sata_dev.fis[3] = ATA_ABORTED; /* tf error */
+
+	link->eh_info.err_mask |= AC_ERR_DEV;
+	if (force_reset)
+		link->eh_info.action |= ATA_EH_RESET;
+	ata_link_abort(link);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sas_ata_device_link_abort);
diff --git a/include/scsi/sas_ata.h b/include/scsi/sas_ata.h
index e0d2d4915257d941554daf1f1990214634f2c5a8..68c342e55f6fad981b28e7b846ff6b13c5af42f8 100644
--- a/include/scsi/sas_ata.h
+++ b/include/scsi/sas_ata.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ void sas_probe_sata(struct asd_sas_port *port);
 void sas_suspend_sata(struct asd_sas_port *port);
 void sas_resume_sata(struct asd_sas_port *port);
 void sas_ata_end_eh(struct ata_port *ap);
+void sas_ata_device_link_abort(struct domain_device *dev, bool force_reset);
 int sas_ata_wait_after_reset(struct domain_device *dev, unsigned long deadline);
 #else
 
@@ -87,6 +88,11 @@ static inline void sas_ata_end_eh(struct ata_port *ap)
 {
 }
 
+static inline void sas_ata_device_link_abort(struct domain_device *dev,
+					     bool force_reset)
+{
+}
+
 static inline int sas_ata_wait_after_reset(struct domain_device *dev,
 					   unsigned long deadline)
 {