diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_nv.c b/drivers/ata/sata_nv.c
index 367027bc4cd71650e769e64b1bc35ec7f3cb11ec..067352da2c2d83aa071689f2cfa167f463cbe7c9 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_nv.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_nv.c
@@ -1164,11 +1164,7 @@ static void nv_adma_fill_aprd(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc,
 			      int idx,
 			      struct nv_adma_prd *aprd)
 {
-	u8 flags;
-
-	memset(aprd, 0, sizeof(struct nv_adma_prd));
-
-	flags = 0;
+	u8 flags = 0;
 	if (qc->tf.flags & ATA_TFLAG_WRITE)
 		flags |= NV_APRD_WRITE;
 	if (idx == qc->n_elem - 1)
@@ -1179,6 +1175,7 @@ static void nv_adma_fill_aprd(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc,
 	aprd->addr  = cpu_to_le64(((u64)sg_dma_address(sg)));
 	aprd->len   = cpu_to_le32(((u32)sg_dma_len(sg))); /* len in bytes */
 	aprd->flags = flags;
+	aprd->packet_len = 0;
 }
 
 static void nv_adma_fill_sg(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc, struct nv_adma_cpb *cpb)
@@ -1199,6 +1196,8 @@ static void nv_adma_fill_sg(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc, struct nv_adma_cpb *cpb)
 	}
 	if (idx > 5)
 		cpb->next_aprd = cpu_to_le64(((u64)(pp->aprd_dma + NV_ADMA_SGTBL_SZ * qc->tag)));
+	else
+		cpb->next_aprd = cpu_to_le64(0);
 }
 
 static int nv_adma_use_reg_mode(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
@@ -1231,7 +1230,10 @@ static void nv_adma_qc_prep(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	memset(cpb, 0, sizeof(struct nv_adma_cpb));
+	cpb->resp_flags = NV_CPB_RESP_DONE;
+	wmb();
+	cpb->ctl_flags = 0;
+	wmb();
 
 	cpb->len		= 3;
 	cpb->tag		= qc->tag;
@@ -1255,6 +1257,8 @@ static void nv_adma_qc_prep(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	   finished filling in all of the contents */
 	wmb();
 	cpb->ctl_flags = ctl_flags;
+	wmb();
+	cpb->resp_flags = 0;
 }
 
 static unsigned int nv_adma_qc_issue(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)