diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
index d5dd88d..0e2c972 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
@@ -1807,9 +1807,6 @@
 		struct ata_port *ap = host->ports[i];
 		struct ata_queued_cmd *qc;
 
-		if (unlikely(ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_DISABLED))
-			continue;
-
 		qc = ata_qc_from_tag(ap, ap->link.active_tag);
 		if (qc) {
 			if (!(qc->tf.flags & ATA_TFLAG_POLLING))
@@ -1884,11 +1881,8 @@
 
 	/* Only one outstanding command per SFF channel */
 	qc = ata_qc_from_tag(ap, ap->link.active_tag);
-	/* Check we have a live one.. */
-	if (qc == NULL ||  !(qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_ACTIVE))
-		return;
-	/* We cannot lose an interrupt on a polled command */
-	if (qc->tf.flags & ATA_TFLAG_POLLING)
+	/* We cannot lose an interrupt on a non-existent or polled command */
+	if (!qc || qc->tf.flags & ATA_TFLAG_POLLING)
 		return;
 	/* See if the controller thinks it is still busy - if so the command
 	   isn't a lost IRQ but is still in progress */