ATA_ECAT_DUBIOUS_UNK_DEV        = 7,
        ATA_ECAT_NR                     = 8,
 
+       /* always put at least this amount of time between resets */
+       ATA_EH_RESET_COOL_DOWN          =  5000,
+
        /* Waiting in ->prereset can never be reliable.  It's
         * sometimes nice to wait there but it can't be depended upon;
         * otherwise, we wouldn't be resetting.  Just give it enough
                                if (ata_ncq_enabled(dev))
                                        ehc->saved_ncq_enabled |= 1 << devno;
                        }
+
+                       /* set last reset timestamp to some time in the past */
+                       ehc->last_reset = jiffies - 60 * HZ;
                }
 
                ap->pflags |= ATA_PFLAG_EH_IN_PROGRESS;
        /*
         * Prepare to reset
         */
+       now = jiffies;
+       deadline = ata_deadline(ehc->last_reset, ATA_EH_RESET_COOL_DOWN);
+       if (time_before(now, deadline))
+               schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(deadline - now);
+
        spin_lock_irqsave(ap->lock, flags);
        ap->pflags |= ATA_PFLAG_RESETTING;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(ap->lock, flags);
 
        ata_eh_about_to_do(link, NULL, ATA_EH_RESET);
+       ehc->last_reset = jiffies;
 
        ata_link_for_each_dev(dev, link) {
                /* If we issue an SRST then an ATA drive (not ATAPI)
        /*
         * Perform reset
         */
+       ehc->last_reset = jiffies;
        if (ata_is_host_link(link))
                ata_eh_freeze_port(ap);
 
 
        /* reset successful, schedule revalidation */
        ata_eh_done(link, NULL, ATA_EH_RESET);
+       ehc->last_reset = jiffies;
        ehc->i.action |= ATA_EH_REVALIDATE;
 
        rc = 0;
        if (time_before(now, deadline)) {
                unsigned long delta = deadline - now;
 
-               ata_link_printk(link, KERN_WARNING, "reset failed "
-                               "(errno=%d), retrying in %u secs\n",
-                               rc, (jiffies_to_msecs(delta) + 999) / 1000);
+               ata_link_printk(link, KERN_WARNING,
+                       "reset failed (errno=%d), retrying in %u secs\n",
+                       rc, DIV_ROUND_UP(jiffies_to_msecs(delta), 1000));
 
                while (delta)
                        delta = schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(delta);
 {
        struct ata_link *link;
        struct ata_device *dev;
-       int nr_failed_devs, nr_disabled_devs;
+       int nr_failed_devs;
        int rc;
        unsigned long flags;
 
  retry:
        rc = 0;
        nr_failed_devs = 0;
-       nr_disabled_devs = 0;
 
        /* if UNLOADING, finish immediately */
        if (ap->pflags & ATA_PFLAG_UNLOADING)
 
 dev_fail:
                nr_failed_devs++;
-               if (ata_eh_handle_dev_fail(dev, rc))
-                       nr_disabled_devs++;
+               ata_eh_handle_dev_fail(dev, rc);
 
                if (ap->pflags & ATA_PFLAG_FROZEN) {
                        /* PMP reset requires working host port.
                }
        }
 
-       if (nr_failed_devs) {
-               if (nr_failed_devs != nr_disabled_devs) {
-                       ata_port_printk(ap, KERN_WARNING, "failed to recover "
-                                       "some devices, retrying in 5 secs\n");
-                       ssleep(5);
-               } else {
-                       /* no device left to recover, repeat fast */
-                       msleep(500);
-               }
-
+       if (nr_failed_devs)
                goto retry;
-       }
 
  out:
        if (rc && r_failed_link)