diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
index 05090768d9a8b9a7a29db7e201c885969bc12964..da9689b708262c013f6d3660fac8f9144ad6d519 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
@@ -2743,16 +2743,22 @@ void ata_scsi_simulate(struct ata_device *dev, struct scsi_cmnd *cmd,
 
 void ata_scsi_scan_host(struct ata_port *ap)
 {
-	struct ata_device *dev;
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	if (ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_DISABLED)
 		return;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ATA_MAX_DEVICES; i++) {
-		dev = &ap->device[i];
+		struct ata_device *dev = &ap->device[i];
+		struct scsi_device *sdev;
+
+		if (!ata_dev_enabled(dev) || dev->sdev)
+			continue;
 
-		if (ata_dev_enabled(dev))
-			scsi_scan_target(&ap->host->shost_gendev, 0, i, 0, 0);
+		sdev = __scsi_add_device(ap->host, 0, i, 0, NULL);
+		if (!IS_ERR(sdev)) {
+			dev->sdev = sdev;
+			scsi_device_put(sdev);
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 10dc235ad8bc6bfcf4741dcf0d7b957c25d66885..c0513c7527515577301d73d3cf33069b1cf3be2b 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ struct ata_device {
 	struct ata_port		*ap;
 	unsigned int		devno;		/* 0 or 1 */
 	unsigned long		flags;		/* ATA_DFLAG_xxx */
+	struct scsi_device	*sdev;		/* attached SCSI device */
 	/* n_sector is used as CLEAR_OFFSET, read comment above CLEAR_OFFSET */
 	u64			n_sectors;	/* size of device, if ATA */
 	unsigned int		class;		/* ATA_DEV_xxx */