diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
index 3efa990..dbbf6cf 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
@@ -562,15 +562,23 @@ static inline void __iomem *ahci_port_base(struct ata_port *ap)
 
 static void ahci_enable_ahci(void __iomem *mmio)
 {
+	int i;
 	u32 tmp;
 
-	/* turn on AHCI_EN */
 	tmp = readl(mmio + HOST_CTL);
-	if (!(tmp & HOST_AHCI_EN)) {
+	if (tmp & HOST_AHCI_EN)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+		msleep(100);
 		tmp |= HOST_AHCI_EN;
 		writel(tmp, mmio + HOST_CTL);
 		tmp = readl(mmio + HOST_CTL);	/* flush && sanity check */
-		WARN_ON(!(tmp & HOST_AHCI_EN));
+
+		/* turn on AHCI_EN */
+		if (tmp & HOST_AHCI_EN)
+			break;
+		printk("AHCI_EN failed i=%d\n", i);
 	}
 }