1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 5788a9dd0445..3ca9c610c110 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -3368,7 +3368,7 @@ int ata_std_prereset(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned long deadline)
          */
         if (!(ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_SKIP_D2H_BSY) && !ata_port_offline(ap)) {
                 rc = ata_wait_ready(ap, deadline);
-                if (rc) {
+                if (rc && rc != -ENODEV) {
                         ata_port_printk(ap, KERN_WARNING, "device not ready "
                                         "(errno=%d), forcing hardreset\n", rc);
                         ehc->i.action |= ATA_EH_HARDRESET;