diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
index 66d6c8821087db3928d2d1bc21941a160eaf9dfa..1bd258e5390f5335679c3499046b9c8d4763d599 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ enum {
 					  ATA_FLAG_MMIO | ATA_FLAG_PIO_DMA |
 					  ATA_FLAG_ACPI_SATA | ATA_FLAG_AN |
 					  ATA_FLAG_IPM,
-	AHCI_LFLAG_COMMON		= ATA_LFLAG_SKIP_D2H_BSY,
 
 	ICH_MAP				= 0x90, /* ICH MAP register */
 };
@@ -407,7 +406,6 @@ static const struct ata_port_info ahci_port_info[] = {
 	/* board_ahci */
 	{
 		.flags		= AHCI_FLAG_COMMON,
-		.link_flags	= AHCI_LFLAG_COMMON,
 		.pio_mask	= 0x1f, /* pio0-4 */
 		.udma_mask	= ATA_UDMA6,
 		.port_ops	= &ahci_ops,
@@ -416,7 +414,6 @@ static const struct ata_port_info ahci_port_info[] = {
 	{
 		AHCI_HFLAGS	(AHCI_HFLAG_NO_NCQ | AHCI_HFLAG_NO_PMP),
 		.flags		= AHCI_FLAG_COMMON,
-		.link_flags	= AHCI_LFLAG_COMMON,
 		.pio_mask	= 0x1f, /* pio0-4 */
 		.udma_mask	= ATA_UDMA6,
 		.port_ops	= &ahci_vt8251_ops,
@@ -425,7 +422,6 @@ static const struct ata_port_info ahci_port_info[] = {
 	{
 		AHCI_HFLAGS	(AHCI_HFLAG_IGN_IRQ_IF_ERR),
 		.flags		= AHCI_FLAG_COMMON,
-		.link_flags	= AHCI_LFLAG_COMMON,
 		.pio_mask	= 0x1f, /* pio0-4 */
 		.udma_mask	= ATA_UDMA6,
 		.port_ops	= &ahci_ops,
@@ -436,7 +432,6 @@ static const struct ata_port_info ahci_port_info[] = {
 				 AHCI_HFLAG_32BIT_ONLY |
 				 AHCI_HFLAG_SECT255 | AHCI_HFLAG_NO_PMP),
 		.flags		= AHCI_FLAG_COMMON,
-		.link_flags	= AHCI_LFLAG_COMMON,
 		.pio_mask	= 0x1f, /* pio0-4 */
 		.udma_mask	= ATA_UDMA6,
 		.port_ops	= &ahci_ops,
@@ -447,7 +442,6 @@ static const struct ata_port_info ahci_port_info[] = {
 				 AHCI_HFLAG_MV_PATA),
 		.flags		= ATA_FLAG_SATA | ATA_FLAG_NO_LEGACY |
 				  ATA_FLAG_MMIO | ATA_FLAG_PIO_DMA,
-		.link_flags	= AHCI_LFLAG_COMMON,
 		.pio_mask	= 0x1f, /* pio0-4 */
 		.udma_mask	= ATA_UDMA6,
 		.port_ops	= &ahci_ops,
@@ -457,7 +451,6 @@ static const struct ata_port_info ahci_port_info[] = {
 		AHCI_HFLAGS	(AHCI_HFLAG_IGN_SERR_INTERNAL |
 				 AHCI_HFLAG_NO_PMP),
 		.flags		= AHCI_FLAG_COMMON,
-		.link_flags	= AHCI_LFLAG_COMMON,
 		.pio_mask	= 0x1f, /* pio0-4 */
 		.udma_mask	= ATA_UDMA6,
 		.port_ops	= &ahci_ops,
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 02e7ba43a3b3e24975c5249ee761c6f726e40ccb..baef749ec5286920d0309a40f323d587c12d2aff 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -3962,10 +3962,8 @@ int ata_std_prereset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned long deadline)
 					"link for reset (errno=%d)\n", rc);
 	}
 
-	/* Wait for !BSY if the controller can wait for the first D2H
-	 * Reg FIS and we don't know that no device is attached.
-	 */
-	if (!(link->flags & ATA_LFLAG_SKIP_D2H_BSY) && !ata_link_offline(link)) {
+	/* wait for !BSY if we don't know that no device is attached */
+	if (!ata_link_offline(link)) {
 		rc = ata_wait_ready(ap, deadline);
 		if (rc && rc != -ENODEV) {
 			ata_link_printk(link, KERN_WARNING, "device not ready "
diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_fsl.c b/drivers/ata/sata_fsl.c
index fbd423ad23bbad7517f06ab7fff59b4050ec96e2..d23b690ed1a1aed4862b5664e2da93a5eb051cc1 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_fsl.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_fsl.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ enum {
 	SATA_FSL_HOST_FLAGS	= (ATA_FLAG_SATA | ATA_FLAG_NO_LEGACY |
 				ATA_FLAG_MMIO | ATA_FLAG_PIO_DMA |
 				ATA_FLAG_NCQ),
-	SATA_FSL_HOST_LFLAGS	= ATA_LFLAG_SKIP_D2H_BSY,
 
 	SATA_FSL_MAX_CMDS	= SATA_FSL_QUEUE_DEPTH,
 	SATA_FSL_CMD_HDR_SIZE	= 16,	/* 4 DWORDS */
@@ -1241,7 +1240,6 @@ static const struct ata_port_operations sata_fsl_ops = {
 static const struct ata_port_info sata_fsl_port_info[] = {
 	{
 	 .flags = SATA_FSL_HOST_FLAGS,
-	 .link_flags = SATA_FSL_HOST_LFLAGS,
 	 .pio_mask = 0x1f,	/* pio 0-4 */
 	 .udma_mask = 0x7f,	/* udma 0-6 */
 	 .port_ops = &sata_fsl_ops,
diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c b/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
index aa8d0323c9bb6b8f5f048276992d8d60e54f03e6..ba0c00e8ee7faf6c086480580a26ae20c7a7ea8d 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ enum {
 				  ATA_FLAG_MMIO | ATA_FLAG_PIO_DMA |
 				  ATA_FLAG_NCQ | ATA_FLAG_ACPI_SATA |
 				  ATA_FLAG_AN | ATA_FLAG_PMP,
-	SIL24_COMMON_LFLAGS	= ATA_LFLAG_SKIP_D2H_BSY,
 	SIL24_FLAG_PCIX_IRQ_WOC	= (1 << 24), /* IRQ loss errata on PCI-X */
 
 	IRQ_STAT_4PORTS		= 0xf,
@@ -449,7 +448,6 @@ static const struct ata_port_info sil24_port_info[] = {
 	{
 		.flags		= SIL24_COMMON_FLAGS | SIL24_NPORTS2FLAG(4) |
 				  SIL24_FLAG_PCIX_IRQ_WOC,
-		.link_flags	= SIL24_COMMON_LFLAGS,
 		.pio_mask	= 0x1f,			/* pio0-4 */
 		.mwdma_mask	= 0x07,			/* mwdma0-2 */
 		.udma_mask	= ATA_UDMA5,		/* udma0-5 */
@@ -458,7 +456,6 @@ static const struct ata_port_info sil24_port_info[] = {
 	/* sil_3132 */
 	{
 		.flags		= SIL24_COMMON_FLAGS | SIL24_NPORTS2FLAG(2),
-		.link_flags	= SIL24_COMMON_LFLAGS,
 		.pio_mask	= 0x1f,			/* pio0-4 */
 		.mwdma_mask	= 0x07,			/* mwdma0-2 */
 		.udma_mask	= ATA_UDMA5,		/* udma0-5 */
@@ -467,7 +464,6 @@ static const struct ata_port_info sil24_port_info[] = {
 	/* sil_3131/sil_3531 */
 	{
 		.flags		= SIL24_COMMON_FLAGS | SIL24_NPORTS2FLAG(1),
-		.link_flags	= SIL24_COMMON_LFLAGS,
 		.pio_mask	= 0x1f,			/* pio0-4 */
 		.mwdma_mask	= 0x07,			/* mwdma0-2 */
 		.udma_mask	= ATA_UDMA5,		/* udma0-5 */
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 4093e3b6a8b7b13ddc257ca965eba751cca3e1b1..6eec11957e54743ff80d5f0e01dada8b4bf359f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ enum {
 	ATA_DEV_NONE		= 9,	/* no device */
 
 	/* struct ata_link flags */
-	ATA_LFLAG_SKIP_D2H_BSY	= (1 << 1), /* can't wait for the first D2H
-					     * Register FIS clearing BSY */
 	ATA_LFLAG_NO_SRST	= (1 << 2), /* avoid softreset */
 	ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_ATA	= (1 << 3), /* assume ATA class */
 	ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_SEMB	= (1 << 4), /* assume SEMB class */