diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
index 2aef41112c43..f286a6f1c0db 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
@@ -2175,9 +2175,12 @@ ata_scsi_find_dev(struct ata_port *ap, const struct scsi_device *scsidev)
 	if (unlikely(!ata_dev_present(dev)))
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (!atapi_enabled) {
-		if (unlikely(dev->class == ATA_DEV_ATAPI))
+	if (!atapi_enabled || (ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_NO_ATAPI)) {
+		if (unlikely(dev->class == ATA_DEV_ATAPI)) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "ata%u(%u): WARNING: ATAPI is %s, device ignored.\n",
+			       ap->id, dev->devno, atapi_enabled ? "not supported with this driver" : "disabled");
 			return NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return dev;
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index b77f156e5768..596858e37cc1 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ enum {
 	ATA_FLAG_PIO_POLLING	= (1 << 9), /* use polling PIO if LLD
 					     * doesn't handle PIO interrupts */
 	ATA_FLAG_DEBUGMSG	= (1 << 10),
+	ATA_FLAG_NO_ATAPI	= (1 << 11), /* No ATAPI support */
 
 	ATA_QCFLAG_ACTIVE	= (1 << 1), /* cmd not yet ack'd to scsi lyer */
 	ATA_QCFLAG_SG		= (1 << 3), /* have s/g table? */