diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index a12a27eb8c7721d66f55c1e750bece8dd6011ecb..3c89f205c83fd73cb9ef0976ada0115cf4f42cac 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -2126,6 +2126,13 @@ int ata_dev_configure(struct ata_device *dev)
 	dev->horkage |= ata_dev_blacklisted(dev);
 	ata_force_horkage(dev);
 
+	if (dev->horkage & ATA_HORKAGE_DISABLE) {
+		ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_INFO,
+			       "unsupported device, disabling\n");
+		ata_dev_disable(dev);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* let ACPI work its magic */
 	rc = ata_acpi_on_devcfg(dev);
 	if (rc)
@@ -3893,8 +3900,7 @@ static const struct ata_blacklist_entry ata_device_blacklist [] = {
 	{ "SAMSUNG CD-ROM SN-124", "N001",	ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA },
 	{ "Seagate STT20000A", NULL,		ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA },
 	/* Odd clown on sil3726/4726 PMPs */
-	{ "Config  Disk",	NULL,		ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA |
-						ATA_HORKAGE_SKIP_PM },
+	{ "Config  Disk",	NULL,		ATA_HORKAGE_DISABLE },
 
 	/* Weird ATAPI devices */
 	{ "TORiSAN DVD-ROM DRD-N216", NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_MAX_SEC_128 },
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index 3ce43920e459b037d685239ec1315ed11097df6a..aeb6e01d82ce3ae839d094a2c1a48f90b4c6a388 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -1082,12 +1082,6 @@ static unsigned int ata_scsi_start_stop_xlat(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	if (((cdb[4] >> 4) & 0xf) != 0)
 		goto invalid_fld;       /* power conditions not supported */
 
-	if (qc->dev->horkage & ATA_HORKAGE_SKIP_PM) {
-		/* the device lacks PM support, finish without doing anything */
-		scmd->result = SAM_STAT_GOOD;
-		return 1;
-	}
-
 	if (cdb[4] & 0x1) {
 		tf->nsect = 1;	/* 1 sector, lba=0 */
 
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 8d6999da1d3e168e452586e19b189165b6116465..4a92fbafce9d40ba1476b559539467ae55931022 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ enum {
 	ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ	= (1 << 2),	/* Don't use NCQ */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_MAX_SEC_128	= (1 << 3),	/* Limit max sects to 128 */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_BROKEN_HPA	= (1 << 4),	/* Broken HPA */
-	ATA_HORKAGE_SKIP_PM	= (1 << 5),	/* Skip PM operations */
+	ATA_HORKAGE_DISABLE	= (1 << 5),	/* Disable it */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_HPA_SIZE	= (1 << 6),	/* native size off by one */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_IPM		= (1 << 7),	/* Link PM problems */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_IVB		= (1 << 8),	/* cbl det validity bit bugs */