diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
index 3b82d8ef76f0..dee3c2c52562 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ void ata_sff_tf_load(struct ata_port *ap, const struct ata_taskfile *tf)
 		if (ioaddr->ctl_addr)
 			iowrite8(tf->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
 		ap->last_ctl = tf->ctl;
+		ata_wait_idle(ap);
 	}
 
 	if (is_addr && (tf->flags & ATA_TFLAG_LBA48)) {
@@ -453,6 +454,8 @@ void ata_sff_tf_load(struct ata_port *ap, const struct ata_taskfile *tf)
 		iowrite8(tf->device, ioaddr->device_addr);
 		VPRINTK("device 0x%X\n", tf->device);
 	}
+
+	ata_wait_idle(ap);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_sff_tf_load);
 
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_via.c b/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
index 5e659885de16..ac8d7d97e408 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_via.c
@@ -417,6 +417,8 @@ static void via_tf_load(struct ata_port *ap, const struct ata_taskfile *tf)
 			tf->lbam,
 			tf->lbah);
 	}
+
+	ata_wait_idle(ap);
 }
 
 static int via_port_start(struct ata_port *ap)