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-rw-r--r--drivers/ata/libata-core.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 2ad4dda6d4a7..9cf46bf8c8d2 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -3985,6 +3985,11 @@ static unsigned int ata_dev_init_params(struct ata_device *dev,
tf.device |= (heads - 1) & 0x0f; /* max head = num. of heads - 1 */
err_mask = ata_exec_internal(dev, &tf, NULL, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0);
+ /* A clean abort indicates an original or just out of spec drive
+ and we should continue as we issue the setup based on the
+ drive reported working geometry */
+ if (err_mask == AC_ERR_DEV && (tf.feature & ATA_ABORTED))
+ err_mask = 0;
DPRINTK("EXIT, err_mask=%x\n", err_mask);
return err_mask;