diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 5244723..7be04bd 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -1906,14 +1906,18 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int ata_eh_followup_srst_needed(int rc, int classify,
+static int ata_eh_followup_srst_needed(struct ata_link *link,
+				       int rc, int classify,
 				       const unsigned int *classes)
 {
+	if (link->flags & ATA_LFLAG_NO_SRST)
+		return 0;
 	if (rc == -EAGAIN)
 		return 1;
 	if (rc != 0)
 		return 0;
-	if (classify && classes[0] == ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN)
+	if (classify && !(link->flags & ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_CLASS) &&
+	    classes[0] == ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN)
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1940,7 +1944,8 @@
 	 */
 	action = ehc->i.action;
 	ehc->i.action &= ~ATA_EH_RESET_MASK;
-	if (softreset && (!hardreset || (!sata_set_spd_needed(link) &&
+	if (softreset && (!hardreset || (!(link->flags & ATA_LFLAG_NO_SRST) &&
+					 !sata_set_spd_needed(link) &&
 					 !(action & ATA_EH_HARDRESET))))
 		ehc->i.action |= ATA_EH_SOFTRESET;
 	else
@@ -2003,7 +2008,7 @@
 	rc = ata_do_reset(link, reset, classes, deadline);
 
 	if (reset == hardreset &&
-	    ata_eh_followup_srst_needed(rc, classify, classes)) {
+	    ata_eh_followup_srst_needed(link, rc, classify, classes)) {
 		/* okay, let's do follow-up softreset */
 		reset = softreset;
 
@@ -2018,8 +2023,8 @@
 		ata_eh_about_to_do(link, NULL, ATA_EH_RESET_MASK);
 		rc = ata_do_reset(link, reset, classes, deadline);
 
-		if (rc == 0 && classify &&
-		    classes[0] == ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN) {
+		if (rc == 0 && classify && classes[0] == ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN &&
+		    !(link->flags & ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_CLASS)) {
 			ata_link_printk(link, KERN_ERR,
 					"classification failed\n");
 			rc = -EINVAL;
@@ -2027,6 +2032,10 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* if we skipped follow-up srst, clear rc */
+	if (rc == -EAGAIN)
+		rc = 0;
+
 	if (rc && try < ARRAY_SIZE(ata_eh_reset_timeouts)) {
 		unsigned long now = jiffies;
 
@@ -2051,12 +2060,25 @@
 	if (rc == 0) {
 		u32 sstatus;
 
-		/* After the reset, the device state is PIO 0 and the
-		 * controller state is undefined.  Record the mode.
-		 */
-		ata_link_for_each_dev(dev, link)
+		ata_link_for_each_dev(dev, link) {
+			/* After the reset, the device state is PIO 0
+			 * and the controller state is undefined.
+			 * Record the mode.
+			 */
 			dev->pio_mode = XFER_PIO_0;
 
+			if (ata_link_offline(link))
+				continue;
+
+			/* apply class override and convert UNKNOWN to NONE */
+			if (link->flags & ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_ATA)
+				classes[dev->devno] = ATA_DEV_ATA;
+			else if (link->flags & ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_SEMB)
+				classes[dev->devno] = ATA_DEV_SEMB_UNSUP; /* not yet */
+			else if (classes[dev->devno] == ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN)
+				classes[dev->devno] = ATA_DEV_NONE;
+		}
+
 		/* record current link speed */
 		if (sata_scr_read(link, SCR_STATUS, &sstatus) == 0)
 			link->sata_spd = (sstatus >> 4) & 0xf;