diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_promise.c b/drivers/ata/sata_promise.c
index 2b924a69b365..6dc0b011a6b7 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_promise.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_promise.c
@@ -784,9 +784,12 @@ static unsigned int pdc_qc_issue_prot(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 		if (qc->dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_CDB_INTR)
 			break;
 		/*FALLTHROUGH*/
+	case ATA_PROT_NODATA:
+		if (qc->tf.flags & ATA_TFLAG_POLLING)
+			break;
+		/*FALLTHROUGH*/
 	case ATA_PROT_ATAPI_DMA:
 	case ATA_PROT_DMA:
-	case ATA_PROT_NODATA:
 		pdc_packet_start(qc);
 		return 0;
 
@@ -800,7 +803,7 @@ static unsigned int pdc_qc_issue_prot(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 static void pdc_tf_load_mmio(struct ata_port *ap, const struct ata_taskfile *tf)
 {
 	WARN_ON (tf->protocol == ATA_PROT_DMA ||
-		 tf->protocol == ATA_PROT_NODATA);
+		 tf->protocol == ATA_PROT_ATAPI_DMA);
 	ata_tf_load(ap, tf);
 }
 
@@ -808,7 +811,7 @@ static void pdc_tf_load_mmio(struct ata_port *ap, const struct ata_taskfile *tf)
 static void pdc_exec_command_mmio(struct ata_port *ap, const struct ata_taskfile *tf)
 {
 	WARN_ON (tf->protocol == ATA_PROT_DMA ||
-		 tf->protocol == ATA_PROT_NODATA);
+		 tf->protocol == ATA_PROT_ATAPI_DMA);
 	ata_exec_command(ap, tf);
 }