diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9f8d66b9efba..58f94fa09a54 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 62ba2841f2a51848f7cb0499edae3f6803764f2c
+refs/heads/master: 0a139e79976b9eb60517edec63406236a789f812
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/ahci.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/ahci.c
index 9a547ca9c864..c5623694d10f 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/ahci.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/ahci.c
@@ -304,26 +304,19 @@ static int ahci_port_start(struct ata_port *ap)
 	struct device *dev = ap->host_set->dev;
 	struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv = ap->host_set->private_data;
 	struct ahci_port_priv *pp;
-	int rc;
 	void *mem, *mmio = ap->host_set->mmio_base;
 	void *port_mmio = ahci_port_base(mmio, ap->port_no);
 	dma_addr_t mem_dma;
 
-	rc = ata_port_start(ap);
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
-
 	pp = kmalloc(sizeof(*pp), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pp) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err_out;
-	}
+	if (!pp)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	memset(pp, 0, sizeof(*pp));
 
 	mem = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, AHCI_PORT_PRIV_DMA_SZ, &mem_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mem) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err_out_kfree;
+		kfree(pp);
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	memset(mem, 0, AHCI_PORT_PRIV_DMA_SZ);
 
@@ -373,12 +366,6 @@ static int ahci_port_start(struct ata_port *ap)
 	readl(port_mmio + PORT_CMD); /* flush */
 
 	return 0;
-
-err_out_kfree:
-	kfree(pp);
-err_out:
-	ata_port_stop(ap);
-	return rc;
 }
 
 
@@ -404,7 +391,6 @@ static void ahci_port_stop(struct ata_port *ap)
 	dma_free_coherent(dev, AHCI_PORT_PRIV_DMA_SZ,
 			  pp->cmd_slot, pp->cmd_slot_dma);
 	kfree(pp);
-	ata_port_stop(ap);
 }
 
 static u32 ahci_scr_read (struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int sc_reg_in)