diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index c7ecd8492f1e..b7eed827daae 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -5413,8 +5413,27 @@ static int ata_port_resume(struct device *dev)
 	return rc;
 }
 
+/*
+ * For ODDs, the upper layer will poll for media change every few seconds,
+ * which will make it enter and leave suspend state every few seconds. And
+ * as each suspend will cause a hard/soft reset, the gain of runtime suspend
+ * is very little and the ODD may malfunction after constantly being reset.
+ * So the idle callback here will not proceed to suspend if a non-ZPODD capable
+ * ODD is attached to the port.
+ */
 static int ata_port_runtime_idle(struct device *dev)
 {
+	struct ata_port *ap = to_ata_port(dev);
+	struct ata_link *link;
+	struct ata_device *adev;
+
+	ata_for_each_link(link, ap, HOST_FIRST) {
+		ata_for_each_dev(adev, link, ENABLED)
+			if (adev->class == ATA_DEV_ATAPI &&
+			    !zpodd_dev_enabled(adev))
+				return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
 	return pm_runtime_suspend(dev);
 }