diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c b/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
index d81b20ddb5273..52428971ba946 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ static struct scsi_host_template sil24_sht = {
 	.can_queue		= SIL24_MAX_CMDS,
 	.sg_tablesize		= SIL24_MAX_SGE,
 	.dma_boundary		= ATA_DMA_BOUNDARY,
+	.tag_alloc_policy	= BLK_TAG_ALLOC_FIFO,
 };
 
 static struct ata_port_operations sil24_ops = {