diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index f991f786227ef92c0a3b42bfa607cc91401bfe64..7bdb2c4e357f91ec7fec979ab3f532beb3ac2c67 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static int ata_rwcmd_protocol(struct ata_taskfile *tf, struct ata_device *dev)
  *	RETURNS:
  *	Block address read from @tf.
  */
-u64 ata_tf_read_block(struct ata_taskfile *tf, struct ata_device *dev)
+u64 ata_tf_read_block(const struct ata_taskfile *tf, struct ata_device *dev)
 {
 	u64 block = 0;
 
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ u64 ata_tf_read_block(struct ata_taskfile *tf, struct ata_device *dev)
 		if (!sect) {
 			ata_dev_warn(dev,
 				     "device reported invalid CHS sector 0\n");
-			sect = 1; /* oh well */
+			return U64_MAX;
 		}
 
 		block = (cyl * dev->heads + head) * dev->sectors + sect - 1;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index e331077ee4464299f1ff0b7d46e164da73ec3554..fc23d3f4282dc18f06b42d7369e6437249af3a28 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -1083,6 +1083,8 @@ static void ata_gen_ata_sense(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	}
 
 	block = ata_tf_read_block(&qc->result_tf, dev);
+	if (block == U64_MAX)
+		return;
 
 	/* information sense data descriptor */
 	sb[7] = 12;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata.h b/drivers/ata/libata.h
index 8cfdd9616d16ce30ba3fecd3eca34efebd526726..507c22f7a63bd4babff02513ea5d2ad8d2f61328 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata.h
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata.h
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ extern struct ata_queued_cmd *ata_qc_new_init(struct ata_device *dev, int tag);
 extern int ata_build_rw_tf(struct ata_taskfile *tf, struct ata_device *dev,
 			   u64 block, u32 n_block, unsigned int tf_flags,
 			   unsigned int tag);
-extern u64 ata_tf_read_block(struct ata_taskfile *tf, struct ata_device *dev);
+extern u64 ata_tf_read_block(const struct ata_taskfile *tf,
+			     struct ata_device *dev);
 extern unsigned ata_exec_internal(struct ata_device *dev,
 				  struct ata_taskfile *tf, const u8 *cdb,
 				  int dma_dir, void *buf, unsigned int buflen,