diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 1393a5890ed5..1a3dbd1b196e 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -2222,6 +2222,16 @@ int ata_dev_configure(struct ata_device *dev)
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
+	/* some WD SATA-1 drives have issues with LPM, turn on NOLPM for them */
+	if ((dev->horkage & ATA_HORKAGE_WD_BROKEN_LPM) &&
+	    (id[ATA_ID_SATA_CAPABILITY] & 0xe) == 0x2)
+		dev->horkage |= ATA_HORKAGE_NOLPM;
+
+	if (dev->horkage & ATA_HORKAGE_NOLPM) {
+		ata_dev_warn(dev, "LPM support broken, forcing max_power\n");
+		dev->link->ap->target_lpm_policy = ATA_LPM_MAX_POWER;
+	}
+
 	/* let ACPI work its magic */
 	rc = ata_acpi_on_devcfg(dev);
 	if (rc)
@@ -4216,6 +4226,23 @@ static const struct ata_blacklist_entry ata_device_blacklist [] = {
 	{ "Micron_M500*",		NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_NO_NCQ_TRIM, },
 	{ "Crucial_CT???M500SSD1",	NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_NO_NCQ_TRIM, },
 
+	/*
+	 * Some WD SATA-I drives spin up and down erratically when the link
+	 * is put into the slumber mode.  We don't have full list of the
+	 * affected devices.  Disable LPM if the device matches one of the
+	 * known prefixes and is SATA-1.  As a side effect LPM partial is
+	 * lost too.
+	 *
+	 * https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57211
+	 */
+	{ "WDC WD800JD-*",		NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_WD_BROKEN_LPM },
+	{ "WDC WD1200JD-*",		NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_WD_BROKEN_LPM },
+	{ "WDC WD1600JD-*",		NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_WD_BROKEN_LPM },
+	{ "WDC WD2000JD-*",		NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_WD_BROKEN_LPM },
+	{ "WDC WD2500JD-*",		NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_WD_BROKEN_LPM },
+	{ "WDC WD3000JD-*",		NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_WD_BROKEN_LPM },
+	{ "WDC WD3200JD-*",		NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_WD_BROKEN_LPM },
+
 	/* End Marker */
 	{ }
 };
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index 176f62950e3d..75ef9527603e 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -111,12 +111,14 @@ static const char *ata_lpm_policy_names[] = {
 	[ATA_LPM_MIN_POWER]	= "min_power",
 };
 
-static ssize_t ata_scsi_lpm_store(struct device *dev,
+static ssize_t ata_scsi_lpm_store(struct device *device,
 				  struct device_attribute *attr,
 				  const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	struct Scsi_Host *shost = class_to_shost(dev);
+	struct Scsi_Host *shost = class_to_shost(device);
 	struct ata_port *ap = ata_shost_to_port(shost);
+	struct ata_link *link;
+	struct ata_device *dev;
 	enum ata_lpm_policy policy;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -132,10 +134,20 @@ static ssize_t ata_scsi_lpm_store(struct device *dev,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(ap->lock, flags);
+
+	ata_for_each_link(link, ap, EDGE) {
+		ata_for_each_dev(dev, &ap->link, ENABLED) {
+			if (dev->horkage & ATA_HORKAGE_NOLPM) {
+				count = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+				goto out_unlock;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	ap->target_lpm_policy = policy;
 	ata_port_schedule_eh(ap);
+out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(ap->lock, flags);
-
 	return count;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 9b503376738f..bec6dbe939a0 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@ enum {
 	ATA_HORKAGE_MAX_SEC_LBA48 = (1 << 17),	/* Set max sects to 65535 */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_ATAPI_DMADIR = (1 << 18),	/* device requires dmadir */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_NO_NCQ_TRIM	= (1 << 19),	/* don't use queued TRIM */
+	ATA_HORKAGE_NOLPM	= (1 << 20),	/* don't use LPM */
+	ATA_HORKAGE_WD_BROKEN_LPM = (1 << 21),	/* some WDs have broken LPM */
 
 	 /* DMA mask for user DMA control: User visible values; DO NOT
 	    renumber */