diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 46cd3f4c6aaaf8122c82ea8f60f7e6bcbaf435c6..275941b576a834452c3ce4e73017f705e8b73bf9 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ static void ata_dev_xfermask(struct ata_device *dev);
 static unsigned long ata_dev_blacklisted(const struct ata_device *dev);
 
 atomic_t ata_print_id = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+atomic_t host_print_id = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 
 struct ata_force_param {
 	const char	*name;
@@ -6097,6 +6098,9 @@ int ata_host_register(struct ata_host *host, struct scsi_host_template *sht)
 	for (i = host->n_ports; host->ports[i]; i++)
 		kfree(host->ports[i]);
 
+	/* track host controller */
+	host->host_id = atomic_inc_return(&host_print_id);
+
 	/* give ports names and add SCSI hosts */
 	for (i = 0; i < host->n_ports; i++)
 		host->ports[i]->print_id = atomic_inc_return(&ata_print_id);
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c b/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c
index c04d393d20c119d970d80d1b73e0e0e628b0f761..61dca7a20a31201b3725ed7ee04eda0817a5a1c3 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ int ata_tport_add(struct device *parent,
 
 	dev->parent = get_device(parent);
 	dev->release = ata_tport_release;
-	dev_set_name(dev, "ata%d", ap->print_id);
+	dev_set_name(dev, "ata%d.%d", ap->host->host_id, ap->print_id);
 	transport_setup_device(dev);
 	error = device_add(dev);
 	if (error) {
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 649e5f86b5f00928b94e9f8515bf18f286e6b6e4..7ae207eb29a048ca107a3fb749d33c121106a56d 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@ struct ata_host {
 	void			*private_data;
 	struct ata_port_operations *ops;
 	unsigned long		flags;
+	unsigned int            host_id; /* user visible host ID */
 
 	struct mutex		eh_mutex;
 	struct task_struct	*eh_owner;