diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index d98e8b50e20c..86cc0491b35e 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -1182,9 +1182,11 @@ static inline u8 ata_wait_idle(struct ata_port *ap)
 {
 	u8 status = ata_busy_wait(ap, ATA_BUSY | ATA_DRQ, 1000);
 
+#ifdef ATA_DEBUG
 	if (status != 0xff && (status & (ATA_BUSY | ATA_DRQ)))
-		DPRINTK("ATA: abnormal status 0x%X on port 0x%p\n",
-			status, ap->ioaddr.status_addr);
+		ata_port_printk(ap, KERN_DEBUG, "abnormal Status 0x%X\n",
+				status);
+#endif
 
 	return status;
 }