diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index e00b620f161ae46de49def383fb83c85f34f4b21..2da579b46bdda4852dd5ab96c264f183667f8aa0 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ const struct ata_port_operations sata_pmp_port_ops = {
 	.inherits		= &sata_port_ops,
 
 	.pmp_prereset		= ata_std_prereset,
-	.pmp_hardreset		= sata_pmp_std_hardreset,
+	.pmp_hardreset		= sata_std_hardreset,
 	.pmp_postreset		= ata_std_postreset,
 	.error_handler		= sata_pmp_error_handler,
 };
@@ -6307,7 +6307,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_pci_device_resume);
 #endif /* CONFIG_PCI */
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sata_pmp_qc_defer_cmd_switch);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sata_pmp_std_hardreset);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sata_pmp_error_handler);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__ata_ehi_push_desc);
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 21687bbd9a703ed0a4637323ac62359093d83d59..d8c4a45dcf26326ab7432d84f310f98df362527d 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -2276,6 +2276,11 @@ int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_link *link, int classify,
 	return rc;
 
  fail:
+	/* if SCR isn't accessible on a fan-out port, PMP needs to be reset */
+	if (!ata_is_host_link(link) &&
+	    sata_scr_read(link, SCR_STATUS, &sstatus))
+		rc = -ERESTART;
+
 	if (rc == -ERESTART || try >= max_tries)
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-pmp.c b/drivers/ata/libata-pmp.c
index 2f8a9577c26d3d2b83817ed301712fd4a1e2e67a..9c998611b6440665e5c11f8880ece0704a7e012d 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-pmp.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-pmp.c
@@ -175,41 +175,6 @@ int sata_pmp_scr_write(struct ata_link *link, int reg, u32 val)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- *	sata_pmp_std_hardreset - standard hardreset method for PMP link
- *	@link: link to be reset
- *	@class: resulting class of attached device
- *	@deadline: deadline jiffies for the operation
- *
- *	Hardreset PMP port @link.  Note that this function doesn't
- *	wait for BSY clearance.  There simply isn't a generic way to
- *	wait the event.  Instead, this function return -EAGAIN thus
- *	telling libata-EH to followup with softreset.
- *
- *	LOCKING:
- *	Kernel thread context (may sleep)
- *
- *	RETURNS:
- *	0 on success, -errno otherwise.
- */
-int sata_pmp_std_hardreset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int *class,
-			   unsigned long deadline)
-{
-	u32 tmp;
-	int rc;
-
-	DPRINTK("ENTER\n");
-
-	rc = sata_std_hardreset(link, class, deadline);
-
-	/* if SCR isn't accessible, we need to reset the PMP */
-	if (rc && rc != -EAGAIN && sata_scr_read(link, SCR_STATUS, &tmp))
-		rc = -ERESTART;
-
-	DPRINTK("EXIT, rc=%d\n", rc);
-	return rc;
-}
-
 /**
  *	sata_pmp_read_gscr - read GSCR block of SATA PMP
  *	@dev: PMP device
diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c b/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
index b83851f6e068bdc2bf322609d820a77de6cdd20f..fc9d48cd8122efa15bd6ee9032eed838826e5fad 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ static int sil24_pmp_hardreset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int *class,
 		return rc;
 	}
 
-	return sata_pmp_std_hardreset(link, class, deadline);
+	return sata_std_hardreset(link, class, deadline);
 }
 
 static void sil24_freeze(struct ata_port *ap)
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index b9188371b12acc59096a35dda0dc736fad7463f7..2b5a0b77e179a72a64b0a800ba9955e39cca71ab 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -1025,8 +1025,6 @@ static inline int ata_acpi_cbl_80wire(struct ata_port *ap,
  * PMP - drivers/ata/libata-pmp.c
  */
 extern int sata_pmp_qc_defer_cmd_switch(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
-extern int sata_pmp_std_hardreset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int *class,
-				  unsigned long deadline);
 extern void sata_pmp_error_handler(struct ata_port *ap);
 
 /*