diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c b/drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c
index 4384a7d721336c75a10994023854262d5e6e14ba..cac4360f272a75b3adad2d447e5a8762aeb7354e 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c
@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@ static void ahci_imx_error_handler(struct ata_port *ap)
 	writel(reg_val | IMX_P0PHYCR_TEST_PDDQ, mmio + IMX_P0PHYCR);
 	imx_sata_disable(hpriv);
 	imxpriv->no_device = true;
+
+	dev_info(ap->dev, "no device found, disabling link.\n");
+	dev_info(ap->dev, "pass " MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX ".hotplug=1 to enable hotplug\n");
 }
 
 static int ahci_imx_softreset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned int *class,