diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index 9ae8986bae48..89a9d4a2efc8 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -3316,6 +3316,12 @@ static unsigned int ata_scsi_pass_thru(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 		goto invalid_fld;
 	}
 
+	/* We may not issue NCQ commands to devices not supporting NCQ */
+	if (ata_is_ncq(tf->protocol) && !ata_ncq_enabled(dev)) {
+		fp = 1;
+		goto invalid_fld;
+	}
+
 	/* sanity check for pio multi commands */
 	if ((cdb[1] & 0xe0) && !is_multi_taskfile(tf)) {
 		fp = 1;