diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 8816e30fb7a4..d2e686371870 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -4960,6 +4960,7 @@ unsigned int ata_qc_issue_prot(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	if (ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_PIO_POLLING) {
 		switch (qc->tf.protocol) {
 		case ATA_PROT_PIO:
+		case ATA_PROT_NODATA:
 		case ATA_PROT_ATAPI:
 		case ATA_PROT_ATAPI_NODATA:
 			qc->tf.flags |= ATA_TFLAG_POLLING;