diff --git a/drivers/ata/libahci_platform.c b/drivers/ata/libahci_platform.c
index b2f5520882918..0910441321f72 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libahci_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libahci_platform.c
@@ -440,10 +440,7 @@ struct ahci_host_priv *ahci_platform_get_resources(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	hpriv->phy_regulator = devm_regulator_get(dev, "phy");
 	if (IS_ERR(hpriv->phy_regulator)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(hpriv->phy_regulator);
-		if (rc == -EPROBE_DEFER)
-			goto err_out;
-		rc = 0;
-		hpriv->phy_regulator = NULL;
+		goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	if (flags & AHCI_PLATFORM_GET_RESETS) {
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c b/drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c
index c3e6592712c4b..0a8bf09a5c19e 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ static unsigned int pdc_data_xfer_vlb(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc,
 			iowrite32_rep(ap->ioaddr.data_addr, buf, buflen >> 2);
 
 		if (unlikely(slop)) {
-			__le32 pad;
+			__le32 pad = 0;
+
 			if (rw == READ) {
 				pad = cpu_to_le32(ioread32(ap->ioaddr.data_addr));
 				memcpy(buf + buflen - slop, &pad, slop);
@@ -742,7 +743,8 @@ static unsigned int vlb32_data_xfer(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc,
 			ioread32_rep(ap->ioaddr.data_addr, buf, buflen >> 2);
 
 		if (unlikely(slop)) {
-			__le32 pad;
+			__le32 pad = 0;
+
 			if (rw == WRITE) {
 				memcpy(&pad, buf + buflen - slop, slop);
 				iowrite32(le32_to_cpu(pad), ap->ioaddr.data_addr);