diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
index 96039671e3b9e6aac939833554fc95291609d6d1..77bba4c083cbe60efb19a714265a7cc44730212b 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
@@ -2548,6 +2548,32 @@ static void ahci_p5wdh_workaround(struct ata_host *host)
 	}
 }
 
+static bool ahci_broken_system_poweroff(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+	static const struct dmi_system_id broken_systems[] = {
+		{
+			.ident = "HP Compaq nx6310",
+			.matches = {
+				DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
+				DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP Compaq nx6310"),
+			},
+			/* PCI slot number of the controller */
+			.driver_data = (void *)0x1FUL,
+		},
+
+		{ }	/* terminate list */
+	};
+	const struct dmi_system_id *dmi = dmi_first_match(broken_systems);
+
+	if (dmi) {
+		unsigned long slot = (unsigned long)dmi->driver_data;
+		/* apply the quirk only to on-board controllers */
+		return slot == PCI_SLOT(pdev->devfn);
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static int ahci_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 {
 	static int printed_version;
@@ -2647,6 +2673,12 @@ static int ahci_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (ahci_broken_system_poweroff(pdev)) {
+		pi.flags |= ATA_FLAG_NO_POWEROFF_SPINDOWN;
+		dev_info(&pdev->dev,
+			"quirky BIOS, skipping spindown on poweroff\n");
+	}
+
 	/* CAP.NP sometimes indicate the index of the last enabled
 	 * port, at other times, that of the last possible port, so
 	 * determining the maximum port number requires looking at