diff --git a/drivers/ata/libahci.c b/drivers/ata/libahci.c
index 000a7072614f5..1ffaa5f5f21a2 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libahci.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ void ahci_save_initial_config(struct device *dev, struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv)
 	/* record values to use during operation */
 	hpriv->cap = cap;
 	hpriv->cap2 = cap2;
-	hpriv->version = readl(mmio + HOST_VERSION);
+	hpriv->version = vers;
 	hpriv->port_map = port_map;
 
 	if (!hpriv->start_engine)