diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
index 1a373b4d0e22490a45b4c152e6b12e63c6444d16..61cba39a683446d66e968853f217eab6d6015860 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
@@ -1147,9 +1147,7 @@ void ata_dev_config(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int i)
 		printk(KERN_INFO "ata%u(%u): applying bridge limits\n",
 		       ap->id, i);
 		ap->udma_mask &= ATA_UDMA5;
-		ap->host->max_sectors = ATA_MAX_SECTORS;
-		ap->host->hostt->max_sectors = ATA_MAX_SECTORS;
-		ap->device[i].flags |= ATA_DFLAG_LOCK_SECTORS;
+		ap->device[i].max_sectors = ATA_MAX_SECTORS;
 	}
 
 	if (ap->ops->dev_config)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
index 3628fedc9865be20d3fa77ed569edb0b57a73c2c..86da46502b3e3202641a84b43d94b87124b2ab0e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
@@ -684,23 +684,23 @@ int ata_scsi_slave_config(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 	if (sdev->id < ATA_MAX_DEVICES) {
 		struct ata_port *ap;
 		struct ata_device *dev;
+		unsigned int max_sectors;
 
 		ap = (struct ata_port *) &sdev->host->hostdata[0];
 		dev = &ap->device[sdev->id];
 
-		/* TODO: 1024 is an arbitrary number, not the
+		/* TODO: 2048 is an arbitrary number, not the
 		 * hardware maximum.  This should be increased to
 		 * 65534 when Jens Axboe's patch for dynamically
 		 * determining max_sectors is merged.
 		 */
-		if ((dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_LBA48) &&
-		    ((dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_LOCK_SECTORS) == 0)) {
-			/*
-			 * do not overwrite sdev->host->max_sectors, since
-			 * other drives on this host may not support LBA48
-			 */
-			blk_queue_max_sectors(sdev->request_queue, 2048);
-		}
+		max_sectors = ATA_MAX_SECTORS;
+		if (dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_LBA48)
+			max_sectors = 2048;
+		if (dev->max_sectors)
+			max_sectors = dev->max_sectors;
+
+		blk_queue_max_sectors(sdev->request_queue, max_sectors);
 
 		/*
 		 * SATA DMA transfers must be multiples of 4 byte, so
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c b/drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c
index 61c4ac7ff9dbc5da85d749d79a82daf30e2028f1..6c482c8be254fdfa37f406bd14d7a9f0c8f98cc9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c
@@ -354,9 +354,7 @@ static void sil_dev_config(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *dev)
 	     (quirks & SIL_QUIRK_MOD15WRITE))) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "ata%u(%u): applying Seagate errata fix (mod15write workaround)\n",
 		       ap->id, dev->devno);
-		ap->host->max_sectors = 15;
-		ap->host->hostt->max_sectors = 15;
-		dev->flags |= ATA_DFLAG_LOCK_SECTORS;
+		dev->max_sectors = 15;
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 853c98859a9f981964cc09d2e7dfea005ce671a6..afe46457124e84b4711dd9e01e1330650fb3fc08 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ enum {
 	/* struct ata_device stuff */
 	ATA_DFLAG_LBA48		= (1 << 0), /* device supports LBA48 */
 	ATA_DFLAG_PIO		= (1 << 1), /* device currently in PIO mode */
-	ATA_DFLAG_LOCK_SECTORS	= (1 << 2), /* don't adjust max_sectors */
-	ATA_DFLAG_LBA		= (1 << 3), /* device supports LBA */
+	ATA_DFLAG_LBA		= (1 << 2), /* device supports LBA */
 
 	ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN		= 0,	/* unknown device */
 	ATA_DEV_ATA		= 1,	/* ATA device */
@@ -348,6 +347,7 @@ struct ata_device {
 
 	unsigned int		multi_count;	/* sectors count for
 						   READ/WRITE MULTIPLE */
+	unsigned int		max_sectors;	/* per-device max sectors */
 	unsigned int		cdb_len;
 
 	/* for CHS addressing */