diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 8832763..f8ec389 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -1473,16 +1473,12 @@
 	}
 
 	tf.protocol = ATA_PROT_PIO;
-
-	/* presence detection using polling IDENTIFY? */
-	if (flags & ATA_READID_DETECT)
-		tf.flags |= ATA_TFLAG_POLLING;
+	tf.flags |= ATA_TFLAG_POLLING; /* for polling presence detection */
 
 	err_mask = ata_exec_internal(dev, &tf, NULL, DMA_FROM_DEVICE,
 				     id, sizeof(id[0]) * ATA_ID_WORDS);
 	if (err_mask) {
-		if ((flags & ATA_READID_DETECT) &&
-		    (err_mask & AC_ERR_NODEV_HINT)) {
+		if (err_mask & AC_ERR_NODEV_HINT) {
 			DPRINTK("ata%u.%d: NODEV after polling detection\n",
 				ap->id, dev->devno);
 			return -ENOENT;