diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
index 4b47394..0630ac3 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
@@ -1120,6 +1120,20 @@ fsm_start:
 		 */
 		poll_next = (qc->tf.flags & ATA_TFLAG_POLLING);
 
+		{
+			int cnt = 0;
+
+			while (!(status & (ATA_DRQ | ATA_ERR | ATA_DF)) &&
+			       cnt < 100) {
+				status = ap->ops->sff_check_status(ap);
+				cnt++;
+			}
+
+			if (cnt)
+				ata_port_printk(ap, KERN_INFO, "XXX DRQ set after %d tries\n",
+						cnt);
+		}
+
 		/* check device status */
 		if (unlikely((status & ATA_DRQ) == 0)) {
 			/* handle BSY=0, DRQ=0 as error */