diff --git a/hw/ide/atapi.c b/hw/ide/atapi.c
index f7f714c726361cb692d7ff6e9fd87eb940d877ab..685cbaa889e73951560275cc1ba8329d95685d7f 100644
--- a/hw/ide/atapi.c
+++ b/hw/ide/atapi.c
@@ -875,6 +875,12 @@ static void cmd_start_stop_unit(IDEState *s, uint8_t* buf)
     int sense;
     bool start = buf[4] & 1;
     bool loej = buf[4] & 2;     /* load on start, eject on !start */
+    int pwrcnd = buf[4] & 0xf0;
+
+    if (pwrcnd) {
+        /* eject/load only happens for power condition == 0 */
+        return;
+    }
 
     if (loej) {
         if (!start && !s->tray_open && s->tray_locked) {