diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 7be04bd..8f8ed4d 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -2335,7 +2335,10 @@
 		struct ata_eh_context *ehc = &link->eh_context;
 
 		ata_link_for_each_dev(dev, link) {
-			ehc->tries[dev->devno] = ATA_EH_DEV_TRIES;
+			if (link->flags & ATA_LFLAG_NO_RETRY)
+				ehc->tries[dev->devno] = 1;
+			else
+				ehc->tries[dev->devno] = ATA_EH_DEV_TRIES;
 
 			/* collect port action mask recorded in dev actions */
 			ehc->i.action |= ehc->i.dev_action[dev->devno] &
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 6266fff..adeee73 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@
 	ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_ATA	= (1 << 3), /* assume ATA class */
 	ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_SEMB	= (1 << 4), /* assume SEMB class */
 	ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_CLASS	= ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_ATA | ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_SEMB,
+	ATA_LFLAG_NO_RETRY	= (1 << 5), /* don't retry this link */
 
 	/* struct ata_port flags */
 	ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS	= (1 << 0), /* host supports slave dev */