diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index b0d0cc4..7af2a4b 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 	u8 scsi_cmd[MAX_COMMAND_SIZE];
-	u8 args[4], *argbuf = NULL;
+	u8 args[4], *argbuf = NULL, *sensebuf = NULL;
 	int argsize = 0;
-	struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
 	enum dma_data_direction data_dir;
+	int cmd_result;
 
 	if (arg == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@
 	if (copy_from_user(args, arg, sizeof(args)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	sensebuf = kzalloc(SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, GFP_NOIO);
+	if (!sensebuf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	memset(scsi_cmd, 0, sizeof(scsi_cmd));
 
 	if (args[3]) {
@@ -191,7 +195,7 @@
 		data_dir = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
 	} else {
 		scsi_cmd[1]  = (3 << 1); /* Non-data */
-		/* scsi_cmd[2] is already 0 -- no off.line, cc, or data xfer */
+		scsi_cmd[2]  = 0x20;     /* cc but no off.line or data xfer */
 		data_dir = DMA_NONE;
 	}
 
@@ -210,18 +214,46 @@
 
 	/* Good values for timeout and retries?  Values below
 	   from scsi_ioctl_send_command() for default case... */
-	if (scsi_execute_req(scsidev, scsi_cmd, data_dir, argbuf, argsize,
-			     &sshdr, (10*HZ), 5)) {
+	cmd_result = scsi_execute(scsidev, scsi_cmd, data_dir, argbuf, argsize,
+	                          sensebuf, (10*HZ), 5, 0);
+
+	if (driver_byte(cmd_result) == DRIVER_SENSE) {/* sense data available */
+		u8 *desc = sensebuf + 8;
+		cmd_result &= ~(0xFF<<24); /* DRIVER_SENSE is not an error */
+
+		/* If we set cc then ATA pass-through will cause a
+		 * check condition even if no error. Filter that. */
+		if (cmd_result & SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION) {
+			struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
+			scsi_normalize_sense(sensebuf, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE,
+			                      &sshdr);
+			if (sshdr.sense_key==0 &&
+			    sshdr.asc==0 && sshdr.ascq==0)
+				cmd_result &= ~SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION;
+		}
+
+		/* Send userspace a few ATA registers (same as drivers/ide) */
+		if (sensebuf[0] == 0x72 &&     /* format is "descriptor" */
+		    desc[0] == 0x09 ) {        /* code is "ATA Descriptor" */
+			args[0] = desc[13];    /* status */
+			args[1] = desc[3];     /* error */
+			args[2] = desc[5];     /* sector count (0:7) */
+			if (copy_to_user(arg, args, sizeof(args)))
+				rc = -EFAULT;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	if (cmd_result) {
 		rc = -EIO;
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	/* Need code to retrieve data from check condition? */
-
 	if ((argbuf)
 	 && copy_to_user(arg + sizeof(args), argbuf, argsize))
 		rc = -EFAULT;
 error:
+	kfree(sensebuf);
 	kfree(argbuf);
 	return rc;
 }