diff --git a/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c b/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c
index 887d8f46a287312fd554d77a1c498f37a30cd307..54961c0b2c73a58e2dc64313ff95a858bbb262d2 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c
@@ -1387,6 +1387,32 @@ static void piix_iocfg_bit18_quirk(struct ata_host *host)
 	}
 }
 
+static bool piix_broken_system_poweroff(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+	static const struct dmi_system_id broken_systems[] = {
+		{
+			.ident = "HP Compaq 2510p",
+			.matches = {
+				DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
+				DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP Compaq 2510p"),
+			},
+			/* 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;
+}
+
 /**
  *	piix_init_one - Register PIIX ATA PCI device with kernel services
  *	@pdev: PCI device to register
@@ -1422,6 +1448,14 @@ static int __devinit piix_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	if (!in_module_init)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	if (piix_broken_system_poweroff(pdev)) {
+		piix_port_info[ent->driver_data].flags |=
+				ATA_FLAG_NO_POWEROFF_SPINDOWN |
+					ATA_FLAG_NO_HIBERNATE_SPINDOWN;
+		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "quirky BIOS, skipping spindown "
+				"on poweroff and hibernation\n");
+	}
+
 	port_info[0] = piix_port_info[ent->driver_data];
 	port_info[1] = piix_port_info[ent->driver_data];