diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 5b50a6d0d6eb41f6ef0d02aeacce463803cb9d7e..3accab13249213cf778f60a95c62bd8678d529b4 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -5342,7 +5342,7 @@ struct ata_port *ata_port_alloc(struct ata_host *host)
 
 #if defined(ATA_VERBOSE_DEBUG)
 	/* turn on all debugging levels */
-	ap->msg_enable = 0x001F;
+	ap->msg_enable = 0x000F;
 #elif defined(ATA_DEBUG)
 	ap->msg_enable = ATA_MSG_DRV | ATA_MSG_INFO | ATA_MSG_WARN;
 #else
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index e384cce6296312dcf687ae3412402215daecf82f..5651bbf4902bc22bfa6652f7b5efcd1322a5f3de 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -76,14 +76,12 @@ enum {
 	ATA_MSG_INFO	= 0x0002,
 	ATA_MSG_PROBE	= 0x0004,
 	ATA_MSG_WARN	= 0x0008,
-	ATA_MSG_MALLOC	= 0x0010,
 };
 
 #define ata_msg_drv(p)    ((p)->msg_enable & ATA_MSG_DRV)
 #define ata_msg_info(p)   ((p)->msg_enable & ATA_MSG_INFO)
 #define ata_msg_probe(p)  ((p)->msg_enable & ATA_MSG_PROBE)
 #define ata_msg_warn(p)   ((p)->msg_enable & ATA_MSG_WARN)
-#define ata_msg_malloc(p) ((p)->msg_enable & ATA_MSG_MALLOC)
 
 static inline u32 ata_msg_init(int dval, int default_msg_enable_bits)
 {