diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
index c44d112..8ca16f5 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@
 
 		/* set enclosure management message type */
 		if (ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_EM)
-			ap->em_message_type = ahci_em_messages;
+			ap->em_message_type = hpriv->em_msg_type;
 
 
 		/* disabled/not-implemented port */
diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.h b/drivers/ata/ahci.h
index 733def2..5edce44 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.h
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.h
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@
 	EM_CTL_RST			= (1 << 9), /* Reset */
 	EM_CTL_TM			= (1 << 8), /* Transmit Message */
 	EM_CTL_ALHD			= (1 << 26), /* Activity LED */
+
+	/* em message type */
+	EM_MSG_TYPE_LED		= (1 << 0), /* LED */
+	EM_MSG_TYPE_SAFTE	= (1 << 1), /* SAF-TE */
+	EM_MSG_TYPE_SES2	= (1 << 2), /* SES-2 */
+	EM_MSG_TYPE_SGPIO	= (1 << 3), /* SGPIO */
 };
 
 struct ahci_cmd_hdr {
@@ -282,9 +288,9 @@
 	u32			saved_cap2;	/* saved initial cap2 */
 	u32			saved_port_map;	/* saved initial port_map */
 	u32 			em_loc; /* enclosure management location */
+	u32			em_msg_type;	/* EM message type */
 };
 
-extern int ahci_em_messages;
 extern int ahci_ignore_sss;
 
 extern struct scsi_host_template ahci_sht;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libahci.c b/drivers/ata/libahci.c
index 34fc57d..817bcd0 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libahci.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 module_param(ahci_em_messages, int, 0444);
 /* add other LED protocol types when they become supported */
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ahci_em_messages,
-	"Set AHCI Enclosure Management Message type (0 = disabled, 1 = LED");
+	"AHCI Enclosure Management Message control (0 = off, 1 = on)");
 
 static void ahci_enable_ahci(void __iomem *mmio)
 {
@@ -931,27 +931,29 @@
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * create message header - this is all zero except for
-	 * the message size, which is 4 bytes.
-	 */
-	message[0] |= (4 << 8);
+	if (hpriv->em_msg_type & EM_MSG_TYPE_LED) {
+		/*
+		 * create message header - this is all zero except for
+		 * the message size, which is 4 bytes.
+		 */
+		message[0] |= (4 << 8);
 
-	/* ignore 0:4 of byte zero, fill in port info yourself */
-	message[1] = ((state & ~EM_MSG_LED_HBA_PORT) | ap->port_no);
+		/* ignore 0:4 of byte zero, fill in port info yourself */
+		message[1] = ((state & ~EM_MSG_LED_HBA_PORT) | ap->port_no);
 
-	/* write message to EM_LOC */
-	writel(message[0], mmio + hpriv->em_loc);
-	writel(message[1], mmio + hpriv->em_loc+4);
+		/* write message to EM_LOC */
+		writel(message[0], mmio + hpriv->em_loc);
+		writel(message[1], mmio + hpriv->em_loc+4);
+
+		/*
+		 * tell hardware to transmit the message
+		 */
+		writel(em_ctl | EM_CTL_TM, mmio + HOST_EM_CTL);
+	}
 
 	/* save off new led state for port/slot */
 	emp->led_state = state;
 
-	/*
-	 * tell hardware to transmit the message
-	 */
-	writel(em_ctl | EM_CTL_TM, mmio + HOST_EM_CTL);
-
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(ap->lock, flags);
 	return size;
 }
@@ -2094,10 +2096,10 @@
 
 	messages = (em_ctl & EM_CTRL_MSG_TYPE) >> 16;
 
-	/* we only support LED message type right now */
-	if ((messages & 0x01) && (ahci_em_messages == 1)) {
+	if (messages) {
 		/* store em_loc */
 		hpriv->em_loc = ((em_loc >> 16) * 4);
+		hpriv->em_msg_type = messages;
 		pi->flags |= ATA_FLAG_EM;
 		if (!(em_ctl & EM_CTL_ALHD))
 			pi->flags |= ATA_FLAG_SW_ACTIVITY;