diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 3fd7c79..b35fdcb 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -4821,6 +4821,14 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Some controllers show flaky interrupt behavior after
+	 * setting xfer mode.  Use polling instead.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(qc->tf.command == ATA_CMD_SET_FEATURES &&
+		     qc->tf.feature == SETFEATURES_XFER) &&
+	    (ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_SETXFER_POLLING))
+		qc->tf.flags |= ATA_TFLAG_POLLING;
+
 	/* select the device */
 	ata_dev_select(ap, qc->dev->devno, 1, 0);
 
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_via.c b/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
index ee93dd0..a9077b6 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@
 	/* Early VIA without UDMA support */
 	static struct ata_port_info via_mwdma_info = {
 		.sht = &via_sht,
-		.flags = ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS | ATA_FLAG_SRST,
+		.flags = ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS | ATA_FLAG_SETXFER_POLLING,
 		.pio_mask = 0x1f,
 		.mwdma_mask = 0x07,
 		.port_ops = &via_port_ops
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
 	/* Ditto with IRQ masking required */
 	static struct ata_port_info via_mwdma_info_borked = {
 		.sht = &via_sht,
-		.flags = ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS | ATA_FLAG_SRST,
+		.flags = ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS | ATA_FLAG_SETXFER_POLLING,
 		.pio_mask = 0x1f,
 		.mwdma_mask = 0x07,
 		.port_ops = &via_port_ops_noirq,
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
 	/* VIA UDMA 33 devices (and borked 66) */
 	static struct ata_port_info via_udma33_info = {
 		.sht = &via_sht,
-		.flags = ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS | ATA_FLAG_SRST,
+		.flags = ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS | ATA_FLAG_SETXFER_POLLING,
 		.pio_mask = 0x1f,
 		.mwdma_mask = 0x07,
 		.udma_mask = 0x7,
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
 	/* VIA UDMA 66 devices */
 	static struct ata_port_info via_udma66_info = {
 		.sht = &via_sht,
-		.flags = ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS | ATA_FLAG_SRST,
+		.flags = ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS | ATA_FLAG_SETXFER_POLLING,
 		.pio_mask = 0x1f,
 		.mwdma_mask = 0x07,
 		.udma_mask = 0x1f,
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@
 	/* VIA UDMA 100 devices */
 	static struct ata_port_info via_udma100_info = {
 		.sht = &via_sht,
-		.flags = ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS | ATA_FLAG_SRST,
+		.flags = ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS | ATA_FLAG_SETXFER_POLLING,
 		.pio_mask = 0x1f,
 		.mwdma_mask = 0x07,
 		.udma_mask = 0x3f,
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
 	/* UDMA133 with bad AST (All current 133) */
 	static struct ata_port_info via_udma133_info = {
 		.sht = &via_sht,
-		.flags = ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS | ATA_FLAG_SRST,
+		.flags = ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS | ATA_FLAG_SETXFER_POLLING,
 		.pio_mask = 0x1f,
 		.mwdma_mask = 0x07,
 		.udma_mask = 0x7f,	/* FIXME: should check north bridge */