diff --git a/drivers/ata/libahci.c b/drivers/ata/libahci.c
index 956851f..7985ae7 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libahci.c
@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@
  *
  *	If inconsistent, config values are fixed up by this function.
  *
+ *	If it is not set already this function sets hpriv->start_engine to
+ *	ahci_start_engine.
+ *
  *	LOCKING:
  *	None.
  */
@@ -499,6 +502,9 @@
 	hpriv->cap = cap;
 	hpriv->cap2 = cap2;
 	hpriv->port_map = port_map;
+
+	if (!hpriv->start_engine)
+		hpriv->start_engine = ahci_start_engine;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ahci_save_initial_config);
 
@@ -765,7 +771,7 @@
 
 	/* enable DMA */
 	if (!(hpriv->flags & AHCI_HFLAG_DELAY_ENGINE))
-		ahci_start_engine(ap);
+		hpriv->start_engine(ap);
 
 	/* turn on LEDs */
 	if (ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_EM) {
@@ -1234,7 +1240,7 @@
 
 	/* restart engine */
  out_restart:
-	ahci_start_engine(ap);
+	hpriv->start_engine(ap);
 	return rc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ahci_kick_engine);
@@ -1426,6 +1432,7 @@
 	const unsigned long *timing = sata_ehc_deb_timing(&link->eh_context);
 	struct ata_port *ap = link->ap;
 	struct ahci_port_priv *pp = ap->private_data;
+	struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv = ap->host->private_data;
 	u8 *d2h_fis = pp->rx_fis + RX_FIS_D2H_REG;
 	struct ata_taskfile tf;
 	bool online;
@@ -1443,7 +1450,7 @@
 	rc = sata_link_hardreset(link, timing, deadline, &online,
 				 ahci_check_ready);
 
-	ahci_start_engine(ap);
+	hpriv->start_engine(ap);
 
 	if (online)
 		*class = ahci_dev_classify(ap);
@@ -2007,10 +2014,12 @@
 
 void ahci_error_handler(struct ata_port *ap)
 {
+	struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv = ap->host->private_data;
+
 	if (!(ap->pflags & ATA_PFLAG_FROZEN)) {
 		/* restart engine */
 		ahci_stop_engine(ap);
-		ahci_start_engine(ap);
+		hpriv->start_engine(ap);
 	}
 
 	sata_pmp_error_handler(ap);
@@ -2031,6 +2040,7 @@
 
 static void ahci_set_aggressive_devslp(struct ata_port *ap, bool sleep)
 {
+	struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv = ap->host->private_data;
 	void __iomem *port_mmio = ahci_port_base(ap);
 	struct ata_device *dev = ap->link.device;
 	u32 devslp, dm, dito, mdat, deto;
@@ -2094,7 +2104,7 @@
 		   PORT_DEVSLP_ADSE);
 	writel(devslp, port_mmio + PORT_DEVSLP);
 
-	ahci_start_engine(ap);
+	hpriv->start_engine(ap);
 
 	/* enable device sleep feature for the drive */
 	err_mask = ata_dev_set_feature(dev,
@@ -2106,6 +2116,7 @@
 
 static void ahci_enable_fbs(struct ata_port *ap)
 {
+	struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv = ap->host->private_data;
 	struct ahci_port_priv *pp = ap->private_data;
 	void __iomem *port_mmio = ahci_port_base(ap);
 	u32 fbs;
@@ -2134,11 +2145,12 @@
 	} else
 		dev_err(ap->host->dev, "Failed to enable FBS\n");
 
-	ahci_start_engine(ap);
+	hpriv->start_engine(ap);
 }
 
 static void ahci_disable_fbs(struct ata_port *ap)
 {
+	struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv = ap->host->private_data;
 	struct ahci_port_priv *pp = ap->private_data;
 	void __iomem *port_mmio = ahci_port_base(ap);
 	u32 fbs;
@@ -2166,7 +2178,7 @@
 		pp->fbs_enabled = false;
 	}
 
-	ahci_start_engine(ap);
+	hpriv->start_engine(ap);
 }
 
 static void ahci_pmp_attach(struct ata_port *ap)