diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 522848a6c43ac7fde85eee8680189f2cb1551d66..0749f71cfb1ee8b36c7ee1d0a44fcb402315e30e 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -5044,7 +5044,7 @@ static void ata_verify_xfer(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 {
 	struct ata_device *dev = qc->dev;
 
-	if (ata_is_nodata(qc->tf.protocol))
+	if (!ata_is_data(qc->tf.protocol))
 		return;
 
 	if ((dev->mwdma_mask || dev->udma_mask) && ata_is_pio(qc->tf.protocol))
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 1abd6690c7761a8c3fe6ec0de5d8c063f70d110e..283b6be6c319c071b46d2ddda64c51c4017ce52b 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -1070,11 +1070,6 @@ static inline bool ata_is_atapi(u8 prot)
 	return ata_prot_flags(prot) & ATA_PROT_FLAG_ATAPI;
 }
 
-static inline bool ata_is_nodata(u8 prot)
-{
-	return !(ata_prot_flags(prot) & ATA_PROT_FLAG_DATA);
-}
-
 static inline bool ata_is_pio(u8 prot)
 {
 	return ata_prot_flags(prot) & ATA_PROT_FLAG_PIO;