diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_promise.c b/drivers/ata/sata_promise.c
index 6f7bc5b0ef4a..f055874a6ec5 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_promise.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_promise.c
@@ -71,9 +71,12 @@ enum {
 
 	PDC_HAS_PATA		= (1 << 1), /* PDC20375/20575 has PATA */
 
+	/* PDC_CTLSTAT bit definitions */
+	PDC_DMA_ENABLE		= (1 << 7),
+	PDC_IRQ_DISABLE		= (1 << 10),
 	PDC_RESET		= (1 << 11), /* HDMA reset */
 
-	PDC_COMMON_FLAGS	= ATA_FLAG_NO_LEGACY | ATA_FLAG_SRST |
+	PDC_COMMON_FLAGS	= ATA_FLAG_NO_LEGACY |
 				  ATA_FLAG_MMIO | ATA_FLAG_NO_ATAPI |
 				  ATA_FLAG_PIO_POLLING,
 
@@ -99,13 +102,16 @@ static void pdc_eng_timeout(struct ata_port *ap);
 static int pdc_port_start(struct ata_port *ap);
 static void pdc_port_stop(struct ata_port *ap);
 static void pdc_pata_phy_reset(struct ata_port *ap);
-static void pdc_sata_phy_reset(struct ata_port *ap);
 static void pdc_qc_prep(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
 static void pdc_tf_load_mmio(struct ata_port *ap, const struct ata_taskfile *tf);
 static void pdc_exec_command_mmio(struct ata_port *ap, const struct ata_taskfile *tf);
 static void pdc_irq_clear(struct ata_port *ap);
 static unsigned int pdc_qc_issue_prot(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
 static void pdc_host_stop(struct ata_host *host);
+static void pdc_freeze(struct ata_port *ap);
+static void pdc_thaw(struct ata_port *ap);
+static void pdc_error_handler(struct ata_port *ap);
+static void pdc_post_internal_cmd(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
 
 
 static struct scsi_host_template pdc_ata_sht = {
@@ -134,11 +140,12 @@ static const struct ata_port_operations pdc_sata_ops = {
 	.exec_command		= pdc_exec_command_mmio,
 	.dev_select		= ata_std_dev_select,
 
-	.phy_reset		= pdc_sata_phy_reset,
-
 	.qc_prep		= pdc_qc_prep,
 	.qc_issue		= pdc_qc_issue_prot,
-	.eng_timeout		= pdc_eng_timeout,
+	.freeze			= pdc_freeze,
+	.thaw			= pdc_thaw,
+	.error_handler		= pdc_error_handler,
+	.post_internal_cmd	= pdc_post_internal_cmd,
 	.data_xfer		= ata_mmio_data_xfer,
 	.irq_handler		= pdc_interrupt,
 	.irq_clear		= pdc_irq_clear,
@@ -196,7 +203,7 @@ static const struct ata_port_info pdc_port_info[] = {
 	/* board_20619 */
 	{
 		.sht		= &pdc_ata_sht,
-		.flags		= PDC_COMMON_FLAGS | ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS,
+		.flags		= PDC_COMMON_FLAGS | ATA_FLAG_SRST | ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS,
 		.pio_mask	= 0x1f, /* pio0-4 */
 		.mwdma_mask	= 0x07, /* mwdma0-2 */
 		.udma_mask	= 0x7f, /* udma0-6 ; FIXME */
@@ -346,12 +353,6 @@ static void pdc_reset_port(struct ata_port *ap)
 	readl(mmio);	/* flush */
 }
 
-static void pdc_sata_phy_reset(struct ata_port *ap)
-{
-	pdc_reset_port(ap);
-	sata_phy_reset(ap);
-}
-
 static void pdc_pata_cbl_detect(struct ata_port *ap)
 {
 	u8 tmp;
@@ -419,6 +420,61 @@ static void pdc_qc_prep(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	}
 }
 
+static void pdc_freeze(struct ata_port *ap)
+{
+	void __iomem *mmio = (void __iomem *) ap->ioaddr.cmd_addr;
+	u32 tmp;
+
+	tmp = readl(mmio + PDC_CTLSTAT);
+	tmp |= PDC_IRQ_DISABLE;
+	tmp &= ~PDC_DMA_ENABLE;
+	writel(tmp, mmio + PDC_CTLSTAT);
+	readl(mmio + PDC_CTLSTAT); /* flush */
+}
+
+static void pdc_thaw(struct ata_port *ap)
+{
+	void __iomem *mmio = (void __iomem *) ap->ioaddr.cmd_addr;
+	u32 tmp;
+
+	/* clear IRQ */
+	readl(mmio + PDC_INT_SEQMASK);
+
+	/* turn IRQ back on */
+	tmp = readl(mmio + PDC_CTLSTAT);
+	tmp &= ~PDC_IRQ_DISABLE;
+	writel(tmp, mmio + PDC_CTLSTAT);
+	readl(mmio + PDC_CTLSTAT); /* flush */
+}
+
+static void pdc_error_handler(struct ata_port *ap)
+{
+	ata_reset_fn_t hardreset;
+
+	if (!(ap->pflags & ATA_PFLAG_FROZEN))
+		pdc_reset_port(ap);
+
+	hardreset = NULL;
+	if (sata_scr_valid(ap))
+		hardreset = sata_std_hardreset;
+
+	/* perform recovery */
+	ata_do_eh(ap, ata_std_prereset, ata_std_softreset, hardreset,
+		  ata_std_postreset);
+}
+
+static void pdc_post_internal_cmd(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
+{
+	struct ata_port *ap = qc->ap;
+
+	if (qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_FAILED)
+		qc->err_mask |= AC_ERR_OTHER;
+
+	/* make DMA engine forget about the failed command */
+	if (qc->err_mask)
+		pdc_reset_port(ap);
+}
+
 static void pdc_eng_timeout(struct ata_port *ap)
 {
 	struct ata_host *host = ap->host;