diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index ab2754830322f96a5e1a80538104fa143a6028b1..e53a13ba7f7833275b54005a237153ac541ee288 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -1143,6 +1143,7 @@ static inline void ata_tf_init(struct ata_device *dev, struct ata_taskfile *tf)
 
 static inline void ata_qc_reinit(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 {
+	qc->dma_dir = DMA_NONE;
 	qc->__sg = NULL;
 	qc->flags = 0;
 	qc->cursect = qc->cursg = qc->cursg_ofs = 0;