diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 439e4486dd44..6749704b18a9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3ef3b43d5633d30fa3f033f62094ec2e9c5b8376
+refs/heads/master: 72fa4b742b327bd1b07985d79a61c61dbd9fd4e6
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
index 8fda8228159c..a07ab77d32d6 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
@@ -5153,9 +5153,18 @@ static void ata_host_remove(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int do_unregister)
 void ata_dev_init(struct ata_device *dev)
 {
 	struct ata_port *ap = dev->ap;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	/* High bits of dev->flags are used to record warm plug
+	 * requests which occur asynchronously.  Synchronize using
+	 * host_set lock.
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ap->host_set->lock, flags);
+	dev->flags &= ~ATA_DFLAG_INIT_MASK;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ap->host_set->lock, flags);
 
-	memset((void *)dev, 0, sizeof(*dev));
-	dev->devno = dev - ap->device;
+	memset((void *)dev + ATA_DEVICE_CLEAR_OFFSET, 0,
+	       sizeof(*dev) - ATA_DEVICE_CLEAR_OFFSET);
 	dev->pio_mask = UINT_MAX;
 	dev->mwdma_mask = UINT_MAX;
 	dev->udma_mask = UINT_MAX;
@@ -5218,6 +5227,7 @@ static void ata_host_init(struct ata_port *ap, struct Scsi_Host *host,
 	for (i = 0; i < ATA_MAX_DEVICES; i++) {
 		struct ata_device *dev = &ap->device[i];
 		dev->ap = ap;
+		dev->devno = i;
 		ata_dev_init(dev);
 	}
 
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/libata.h b/trunk/include/linux/libata.h
index d4a668cf143b..aa14eda0656c 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ enum {
 	ATA_DFLAG_CFG_MASK	= (1 << 8) - 1,
 
 	ATA_DFLAG_PIO		= (1 << 8), /* device currently in PIO mode */
+	ATA_DFLAG_INIT_MASK	= (1 << 16) - 1,
 
 	ATA_DFLAG_DETACH	= (1 << 16),
 	ATA_DFLAG_DETACHED	= (1 << 17),
@@ -410,10 +411,11 @@ struct ata_ering {
 
 struct ata_device {
 	struct ata_port		*ap;
-	u64			n_sectors;	/* size of device, if ATA */
+	unsigned int		devno;		/* 0 or 1 */
 	unsigned long		flags;		/* ATA_DFLAG_xxx */
+	/* n_sector is used as CLEAR_OFFSET, read comment above CLEAR_OFFSET */
+	u64			n_sectors;	/* size of device, if ATA */
 	unsigned int		class;		/* ATA_DEV_xxx */
-	unsigned int		devno;		/* 0 or 1 */
 	u16			id[ATA_ID_WORDS]; /* IDENTIFY xxx DEVICE data */
 	u8			pio_mode;
 	u8			dma_mode;
@@ -439,6 +441,11 @@ struct ata_device {
 	struct ata_ering	ering;
 };
 
+/* Offset into struct ata_device.  Fields above it are maintained
+ * acress device init.  Fields below are zeroed.
+ */
+#define ATA_DEVICE_CLEAR_OFFSET		offsetof(struct ata_device, n_sectors)
+
 struct ata_eh_info {
 	struct ata_device	*dev;		/* offending device */
 	u32			serror;		/* SError from LLDD */