diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index a00e4ee..66c8c8c 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 					u16 heads, u16 sectors);
 static unsigned int ata_dev_set_xfermode(struct ata_device *dev);
 static void ata_dev_xfermask(struct ata_device *dev);
+static unsigned long ata_dev_blacklisted(const struct ata_device *dev);
 
 unsigned int ata_print_id = 1;
 static struct workqueue_struct *ata_wq;
@@ -1784,7 +1785,7 @@
 		desc[0] = '\0';
 		return;
 	}
-	if (ata_device_blacklisted(dev) & ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ) {
+	if (dev->horkage & ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ) {
 		snprintf(desc, desc_sz, "NCQ (not used)");
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1833,6 +1834,9 @@
 	if (ata_msg_probe(ap))
 		ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_DEBUG, "%s: ENTER\n", __FUNCTION__);
 
+	/* set horkage */
+	dev->horkage |= ata_dev_blacklisted(dev);
+
 	/* let ACPI work its magic */
 	rc = ata_acpi_on_devcfg(dev);
 	if (rc)
@@ -2008,7 +2012,7 @@
 		dev->max_sectors = ATA_MAX_SECTORS;
 	}
 
-	if (ata_device_blacklisted(dev) & ATA_HORKAGE_MAX_SEC_128)
+	if (dev->horkage & ATA_HORKAGE_MAX_SEC_128)
 		dev->max_sectors = min_t(unsigned int, ATA_MAX_SECTORS_128,
 					 dev->max_sectors);
 
@@ -3775,7 +3779,7 @@
 	{ }
 };
 
-unsigned long ata_device_blacklisted(const struct ata_device *dev)
+static unsigned long ata_dev_blacklisted(const struct ata_device *dev)
 {
 	unsigned char model_num[ATA_ID_PROD_LEN + 1];
 	unsigned char model_rev[ATA_ID_FW_REV_LEN + 1];
@@ -3805,7 +3809,7 @@
 	if ((dev->ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_PIO_POLLING) &&
 	    (dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_CDB_INTR))
 		return 1;
-	return (ata_device_blacklisted(dev) & ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA) ? 1 : 0;
+	return (dev->horkage & ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA) ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -6918,7 +6922,6 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_id_string);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_id_c_string);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_id_to_dma_mode);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_device_blacklisted);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_scsi_simulate);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_pio_need_iordy);
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 0c8b657..47cd2a1 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@
 	struct ata_port		*ap;
 	unsigned int		devno;		/* 0 or 1 */
 	unsigned long		flags;		/* ATA_DFLAG_xxx */
+	unsigned int		horkage;	/* List of broken features */
 	struct scsi_device	*sdev;		/* attached SCSI device */
 #ifdef CONFIG_ATA_ACPI
 	acpi_handle		acpi_handle;
@@ -465,7 +466,6 @@
 	/* error history */
 	struct ata_ering	ering;
 	int			spdn_cnt;
-	unsigned int		horkage;	/* List of broken features */
 };
 
 /* Offset into struct ata_device.  Fields above it are maintained
@@ -793,7 +793,6 @@
 extern void ata_id_c_string(const u16 *id, unsigned char *s,
 			    unsigned int ofs, unsigned int len);
 extern void ata_id_to_dma_mode(struct ata_device *dev, u8 unknown);
-extern unsigned long ata_device_blacklisted(const struct ata_device *dev);
 extern void ata_bmdma_setup (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
 extern void ata_bmdma_start (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
 extern void ata_bmdma_stop(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);