diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 3c6ad7d949c..8d64f8fd8f1 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -1878,7 +1878,9 @@ static void ata_eh_link_report(struct ata_link *link)
 	for (tag = 0; tag < ATA_MAX_QUEUE; tag++) {
 		struct ata_queued_cmd *qc = __ata_qc_from_tag(ap, tag);
 
-		if (!(qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_FAILED) || qc->dev->link != link)
+		if (!(qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_FAILED) || qc->dev->link != link ||
+		    ((qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_QUIET) &&
+		     qc->err_mask == AC_ERR_DEV))
 			continue;
 		if (qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_SENSE_VALID && !qc->err_mask)
 			continue;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index 6ef5ecb917c..fc89590d377 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -2767,8 +2767,8 @@ static unsigned int ata_scsi_pass_thru(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	 */
 	qc->nbytes = scsi_bufflen(scmd);
 
-	/* request result TF */
-	qc->flags |= ATA_QCFLAG_RESULT_TF;
+	/* request result TF and be quiet about device error */
+	qc->flags |= ATA_QCFLAG_RESULT_TF | ATA_QCFLAG_QUIET;
 
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 147ccc40c8a..1e277852ba4 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ enum {
 	ATA_QCFLAG_IO		= (1 << 3), /* standard IO command */
 	ATA_QCFLAG_RESULT_TF	= (1 << 4), /* result TF requested */
 	ATA_QCFLAG_CLEAR_EXCL	= (1 << 5), /* clear excl_link on completion */
+	ATA_QCFLAG_QUIET	= (1 << 6), /* don't report device error */
 
 	ATA_QCFLAG_FAILED	= (1 << 16), /* cmd failed and is owned by EH */
 	ATA_QCFLAG_SENSE_VALID	= (1 << 17), /* sense data valid */