diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 4214bfb13bbd..5e2eb740df46 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -2492,6 +2492,13 @@ int ata_dev_configure(struct ata_device *dev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if ((dev->horkage & ATA_HORKAGE_FIRMWARE_WARN) && print_info) {
+		ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_WARNING, "WARNING: device requires "
+			       "firmware update to be fully functional.\n");
+		ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_WARNING, "         contact the vendor "
+			       "or visit http://ata.wiki.kernel.org.\n");
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_out_nosup:
@@ -4042,6 +4049,20 @@ static const struct ata_blacklist_entry ata_device_blacklist [] = {
 	{ "ST380817AS",		"3.42",		ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ },
 	{ "ST3160023AS",	"3.42",		ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ },
 
+	/* Seagate NCQ + FLUSH CACHE firmware bug */
+	{ "ST31500341AS",	"9JU138",	ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ |
+						ATA_HORKAGE_FIRMWARE_WARN },
+	{ "ST31000333AS",	"9FZ136",	ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ |
+						ATA_HORKAGE_FIRMWARE_WARN },
+	{ "ST3640623AS",	"9FZ164",	ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ |
+						ATA_HORKAGE_FIRMWARE_WARN },
+	{ "ST3640323AS",	"9FZ134",	ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ |
+						ATA_HORKAGE_FIRMWARE_WARN },
+	{ "ST3320813AS",	"9FZ182",	ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ |
+						ATA_HORKAGE_FIRMWARE_WARN },
+	{ "ST3320613AS",	"9FZ162",	ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ |
+						ATA_HORKAGE_FIRMWARE_WARN },
+
 	/* Blacklist entries taken from Silicon Image 3124/3132
 	   Windows driver .inf file - also several Linux problem reports */
 	{ "HTS541060G9SA00",    "MB3OC60D",     ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, },
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 59b0f1c807b5..ed3f26eb5df1 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ enum {
 	ATA_HORKAGE_BRIDGE_OK	= (1 << 10),	/* no bridge limits */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_ATAPI_MOD16_DMA = (1 << 11), /* use ATAPI DMA for commands
 						    not multiple of 16 bytes */
+	ATA_HORKAGE_FIRMWARE_WARN = (1 << 12),	/* firwmare update warning */
 
 	 /* DMA mask for user DMA control: User visible values; DO NOT
 	    renumber */