diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index df31deac5c8224fce9e4e0571c4484d35d966966..0ddaf43d68c68dd89e2b36409487bf57b5f54686 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -5024,8 +5024,6 @@ void ata_qc_complete(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 		struct ata_device *dev = qc->dev;
 		struct ata_eh_info *ehi = &dev->link->eh_info;
 
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(ap->pflags & ATA_PFLAG_FROZEN);
-
 		if (unlikely(qc->err_mask))
 			qc->flags |= ATA_QCFLAG_FAILED;
 
@@ -5038,6 +5036,8 @@ void ata_qc_complete(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 			}
 		}
 
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(ap->pflags & ATA_PFLAG_FROZEN);
+
 		/* read result TF if requested */
 		if (qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_RESULT_TF)
 			fill_result_tf(qc);