diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.h b/drivers/ata/ahci.h
index 51af275b3388..60db49b95001 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.h
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.h
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ enum {
 						        port start (wait until
 						        error-handling stage) */
 	AHCI_HFLAG_MULTI_MSI		= (1 << 16), /* multiple PCI MSIs */
+	AHCI_HFLAG_NO_FBS		= (1 << 17), /* no FBS */
 
 	/* ap->flags bits */
 
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libahci.c b/drivers/ata/libahci.c
index 6bd4f660b4e1..e1cf859876fe 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libahci.c
@@ -457,6 +457,11 @@ void ahci_save_initial_config(struct device *dev,
 		cap |= HOST_CAP_FBS;
 	}
 
+	if ((cap & HOST_CAP_FBS) && (hpriv->flags & AHCI_HFLAG_NO_FBS)) {
+		dev_info(dev, "controller can't do FBS, turning off CAP_FBS\n");
+		cap &= ~HOST_CAP_FBS;
+	}
+
 	if (force_port_map && port_map != force_port_map) {
 		dev_info(dev, "forcing port_map 0x%x -> 0x%x\n",
 			 port_map, force_port_map);