1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 53d11017a5c3..b514a80f1370 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -6967,12 +6967,11 @@ int ata_host_start(struct ata_host *host)
                 if (ap->ops->port_start) {
                         rc = ap->ops->port_start(ap);
                         if (rc) {
-                                ata_port_printk(ap, KERN_ERR, "failed to "
-                                                "start port (errno=%d)\n", rc);
+                                if (rc != -ENODEV)
+                                        dev_printk(KERN_ERR, host->dev, "failed to start port %d (errno=%d)\n", i, rc);
                                 goto err_out;
                         }
                 }
-
                 ata_eh_freeze_port(ap);
         }