diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
index 1ae443d7ab92..e00e1b913d28 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ enum {
 
 	AHCI_FLAG_COMMON		= ATA_FLAG_SATA | ATA_FLAG_NO_LEGACY |
 					  ATA_FLAG_MMIO | ATA_FLAG_PIO_DMA |
-					  ATA_FLAG_SKIP_D2H_BSY,
+					  ATA_FLAG_SKIP_D2H_BSY |
+					  ATA_FLAG_ACPI_SATA,
 };
 
 struct ahci_cmd_hdr {
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c
index ed4138e24b0c..02236739b40f 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ static int do_drive_get_GTF(struct ata_device *dev, unsigned int *gtf_length,
 
 	/* Don't continue if device has no _ADR method.
 	 * _GTF is intended for known motherboard devices. */
-	if (!(ap->cbl == ATA_CBL_SATA)) {
+	if (!(ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_ACPI_SATA)) {
 		err = pata_get_dev_handle(gdev, &dev_handle, &pcidevfn);
 		if (err < 0) {
 			if (ata_msg_probe(ap))
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static int do_drive_get_GTF(struct ata_device *dev, unsigned int *gtf_length,
 
 	/* Get this drive's _ADR info. if not already known. */
 	if (!dev->obj_handle) {
-		if (!(ap->cbl == ATA_CBL_SATA)) {
+		if (!(ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_ACPI_SATA)) {
 			/* get child objects of dev_handle == channel objects,
 	 		 * + _their_ children == drive objects */
 			/* channel is ap->port_no */
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static int do_drive_set_taskfiles(struct ata_device *dev,
 		ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_DEBUG, "%s: ENTER: port#: %d\n",
 			       __FUNCTION__, ap->port_no);
 
-	if (libata_noacpi || !(ap->cbl == ATA_CBL_SATA))
+	if (libata_noacpi || !(ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_ACPI_SATA))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!ata_dev_enabled(dev) || (ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_DISABLED))
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ int ata_acpi_exec_tfs(struct ata_port *ap)
 	 * we should not run GTF on PATA devices since some
 	 * PATA require execution of GTM/STM before GTF.
 	 */
-	if (!(ap->cbl == ATA_CBL_SATA))
+	if (!(ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_ACPI_SATA))
 		return 0;
 
 	for (ix = 0; ix < ATA_MAX_DEVICES; ix++) {
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ int ata_acpi_push_id(struct ata_device *dev)
 			       __FUNCTION__, dev->devno, ap->port_no);
 
 	/* Don't continue if not a SATA device. */
-	if (!(ap->cbl == ATA_CBL_SATA)) {
+	if (!(ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_ACPI_SATA)) {
 		if (ata_msg_probe(ap))
 			ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_DEBUG,
 				"%s: Not a SATA device\n", __FUNCTION__);
diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c b/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
index a69d78cd8e9b..0cb6618935b1 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ enum {
 	/* host flags */
 	SIL24_COMMON_FLAGS	= ATA_FLAG_SATA | ATA_FLAG_NO_LEGACY |
 				  ATA_FLAG_MMIO | ATA_FLAG_PIO_DMA |
-				  ATA_FLAG_NCQ | ATA_FLAG_SKIP_D2H_BSY,
+				  ATA_FLAG_NCQ | ATA_FLAG_SKIP_D2H_BSY |
+				  ATA_FLAG_ACPI_SATA,
 	SIL24_FLAG_PCIX_IRQ_WOC	= (1 << 24), /* IRQ loss errata on PCI-X */
 
 	IRQ_STAT_4PORTS		= 0xf,
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index b38a0f9bc9f7..9b2122db30ff 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ enum {
 	ATA_FLAG_SETXFER_POLLING= (1 << 14), /* use polling for SETXFER */
 	ATA_FLAG_IGN_SIMPLEX	= (1 << 15), /* ignore SIMPLEX */
 	ATA_FLAG_NO_IORDY	= (1 << 16), /* controller lacks iordy */
+	ATA_FLAG_ACPI_SATA	= (1 << 17), /* need native SATA ACPI layout */
 
 	/* The following flag belongs to ap->pflags but is kept in
 	 * ap->flags because it's referenced in many LLDs and will be