diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 17c5d48a75d2..c9242301cfa1 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -4091,7 +4091,9 @@ int ata_dev_revalidate(struct ata_device *dev, unsigned int new_class,
 
 	/* fail early if !ATA && !ATAPI to avoid issuing [P]IDENTIFY to PMP */
 	if (ata_class_enabled(new_class) &&
-	    new_class != ATA_DEV_ATA && new_class != ATA_DEV_ATAPI) {
+	    new_class != ATA_DEV_ATA &&
+	    new_class != ATA_DEV_ATAPI &&
+	    new_class != ATA_DEV_SEMB) {
 		ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_INFO, "class mismatch %u != %u\n",
 			       dev->class, new_class);
 		rc = -ENODEV;