diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
index 8ca16f5..f252253 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
@@ -1053,6 +1053,16 @@
 	if (pdev->vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_MARVELL && !marvell_enable)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	/*
+	 * For some reason, MCP89 on MacBook 7,1 doesn't work with
+	 * ahci, use ata_generic instead.
+	 */
+	if (pdev->vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA &&
+	    pdev->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_NFORCE_MCP89_SATA &&
+	    pdev->subsystem_vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_APPLE &&
+	    pdev->subsystem_device == 0xcb89)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	/* Promise's PDC42819 is a SAS/SATA controller that has an AHCI mode.
 	 * At the moment, we can only use the AHCI mode. Let the users know
 	 * that for SAS drives they're out of luck.
diff --git a/drivers/ata/ata_generic.c b/drivers/ata/ata_generic.c
index 573158a..d4ccf74 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ata_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ata_generic.c
@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA,    PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_82C561), },
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_OPTI,   PCI_DEVICE_ID_OPTI_82C558), },
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_CENATEK,PCI_DEVICE_ID_CENATEK_IDE), },
+	/*
+	 * For some reason, MCP89 on MacBook 7,1 doesn't work with
+	 * ahci, use ata_generic instead.
+	 */
+	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA, PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_NFORCE_MCP89_SATA,
+	  PCI_VENDOR_ID_APPLE, 0xcb89, },
 #if !defined(CONFIG_PATA_TOSHIBA) && !defined(CONFIG_PATA_TOSHIBA_MODULE)
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_TOSHIBA,PCI_DEVICE_ID_TOSHIBA_PICCOLO_1), },
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_TOSHIBA,PCI_DEVICE_ID_TOSHIBA_PICCOLO_2),  },
diff --git a/include/linux/pci_ids.h b/include/linux/pci_ids.h
index 4eb4679..3bedcc1 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci_ids.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci_ids.h
@@ -1261,6 +1261,7 @@
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_NFORCE_MCP77_IDE       0x0759
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_NFORCE_MCP73_SMBUS     0x07D8
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_NFORCE_MCP79_SMBUS     0x0AA2
+#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_NFORCE_MCP89_SATA	    0x0D85
 
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_IMS		0x10e0
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_IMS_TT128		0x9128