diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
index e044d6477a0f..9475e5619af1 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
@@ -545,13 +545,19 @@ static void ahci_save_initial_config(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	hpriv->saved_cap = cap = readl(mmio + HOST_CAP);
 	hpriv->saved_port_map = port_map = readl(mmio + HOST_PORTS_IMPL);
 
-	/* some chips lie about 64bit support */
+	/* some chips have errata preventing 64bit use */
 	if ((cap & HOST_CAP_64) && (pi->flags & AHCI_FLAG_32BIT_ONLY)) {
 		dev_printk(KERN_INFO, &pdev->dev,
 			   "controller can't do 64bit DMA, forcing 32bit\n");
 		cap &= ~HOST_CAP_64;
 	}
 
+	if ((cap & HOST_CAP_NCQ) && (pi->flags & AHCI_FLAG_NO_NCQ)) {
+		dev_printk(KERN_INFO, &pdev->dev,
+			   "controller can't do NCQ, turning off CAP_NCQ\n");
+		cap &= ~HOST_CAP_NCQ;
+	}
+
 	/* fixup zero port_map */
 	if (!port_map) {
 		port_map = (1 << ahci_nr_ports(cap)) - 1;
@@ -1822,7 +1828,7 @@ static int ahci_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	ahci_save_initial_config(pdev, &pi, hpriv);
 
 	/* prepare host */
-	if (!(pi.flags & AHCI_FLAG_NO_NCQ) && (hpriv->cap & HOST_CAP_NCQ))
+	if (hpriv->cap & HOST_CAP_NCQ)
 		pi.flags |= ATA_FLAG_NCQ;
 
 	host = ata_host_alloc_pinfo(&pdev->dev, ppi, fls(hpriv->port_map));