diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 4af939a00e54..4753a1831dbc 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #include <linux/libata.h>
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
+#include <linux/cdrom.h>
 
 #include "libata.h"
 
@@ -4651,6 +4652,43 @@ int ata_check_atapi_dma(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ *	atapi_qc_may_overflow - Check whether data transfer may overflow
+ *	@qc: ATA command in question
+ *
+ *	ATAPI commands which transfer variable length data to host
+ *	might overflow due to application error or hardare bug.  This
+ *	function checks whether overflow should be drained and ignored
+ *	for @qc.
+ *
+ *	LOCKING:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ *	RETURNS:
+ *	1 if @qc may overflow; otherwise, 0.
+ */
+static int atapi_qc_may_overflow(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
+{
+	if (qc->tf.protocol != ATA_PROT_ATAPI &&
+	    qc->tf.protocol != ATA_PROT_ATAPI_DMA)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (qc->tf.flags & ATA_TFLAG_WRITE)
+		return 0;
+
+	switch (qc->cdb[0]) {
+	case READ_10:
+	case READ_12:
+	case WRITE_10:
+	case WRITE_12:
+	case GPCMD_READ_CD:
+	case GPCMD_READ_CD_MSF:
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /**
  *	ata_std_qc_defer - Check whether a qc needs to be deferred
  *	@qc: ATA command in question
@@ -5139,23 +5177,19 @@ static void atapi_send_cdb(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
  *	Inherited from caller.
  *
  */
-
-static void __atapi_pio_bytes(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc, unsigned int bytes)
+static int __atapi_pio_bytes(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc, unsigned int bytes)
 {
 	int do_write = (qc->tf.flags & ATA_TFLAG_WRITE);
-	struct scatterlist *sg = qc->__sg;
-	struct scatterlist *lsg = sg_last(qc->__sg, qc->n_elem);
 	struct ata_port *ap = qc->ap;
+	struct ata_eh_info *ehi = &qc->dev->link->eh_info;
+	struct scatterlist *sg;
 	struct page *page;
 	unsigned char *buf;
 	unsigned int offset, count;
-	int no_more_sg = 0;
-
-	if (qc->curbytes + bytes >= qc->nbytes)
-		ap->hsm_task_state = HSM_ST_LAST;
 
 next_sg:
-	if (unlikely(no_more_sg)) {
+	sg = qc->cursg;
+	if (unlikely(!sg)) {
 		/*
 		 * The end of qc->sg is reached and the device expects
 		 * more data to transfer. In order not to overrun qc->sg
@@ -5164,21 +5198,28 @@ next_sg:
 		 *    - for write case, padding zero data to the device
 		 */
 		u16 pad_buf[1] = { 0 };
-		unsigned int words = bytes >> 1;
 		unsigned int i;
 
-		if (words) /* warning if bytes > 1 */
-			ata_dev_printk(qc->dev, KERN_WARNING,
-				       "%u bytes trailing data\n", bytes);
+		if (bytes > qc->curbytes - qc->nbytes + ATAPI_MAX_DRAIN) {
+			ata_ehi_push_desc(ehi, "too much trailing data "
+					  "buf=%u cur=%u bytes=%u",
+					  qc->nbytes, qc->curbytes, bytes);
+			return -1;
+		}
 
-		for (i = 0; i < words; i++)
+		 /* overflow is exptected for misc ATAPI commands */
+		if (bytes && !atapi_qc_may_overflow(qc))
+			ata_dev_printk(qc->dev, KERN_WARNING, "ATAPI %u bytes "
+				       "trailing data (cdb=%02x nbytes=%u)\n",
+				       bytes, qc->cdb[0], qc->nbytes);
+
+		for (i = 0; i < (bytes + 1) / 2; i++)
 			ap->ops->data_xfer(qc->dev, (unsigned char *)pad_buf, 2, do_write);
 
-		ap->hsm_task_state = HSM_ST_LAST;
-		return;
-	}
+		qc->curbytes += bytes;
 
-	sg = qc->cursg;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	page = sg_page(sg);
 	offset = sg->offset + qc->cursg_ofs;
@@ -5213,19 +5254,20 @@ next_sg:
 	}
 
 	bytes -= count;
+	if ((count & 1) && bytes)
+		bytes--;
 	qc->curbytes += count;
 	qc->cursg_ofs += count;
 
 	if (qc->cursg_ofs == sg->length) {
-		if (qc->cursg == lsg)
-			no_more_sg = 1;
-
 		qc->cursg = sg_next(qc->cursg);
 		qc->cursg_ofs = 0;
 	}
 
 	if (bytes)
 		goto next_sg;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -5268,7 +5310,8 @@ static void atapi_pio_bytes(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 
 	VPRINTK("ata%u: xfering %d bytes\n", ap->print_id, bytes);
 
-	__atapi_pio_bytes(qc, bytes);
+	if (__atapi_pio_bytes(qc, bytes))
+		goto err_out;
 	ata_altstatus(ap); /* flush */
 
 	return;
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index cb91280be9bd..124033cb5e9b 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ enum {
 	ATA_DEF_BUSY_WAIT	= 10000,
 	ATA_SHORT_PAUSE		= (HZ >> 6) + 1,
 
+	ATAPI_MAX_DRAIN		= 16 << 10,
+
 	ATA_SHT_EMULATED	= 1,
 	ATA_SHT_CMD_PER_LUN	= 1,
 	ATA_SHT_THIS_ID		= -1,