diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 1a57de7e1ba4..33e363dcc63b 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -1695,6 +1695,8 @@ unsigned ata_exec_internal_sg(struct ata_device *dev,
 
 		if (qc->err_mask & ~AC_ERR_OTHER)
 			qc->err_mask &= ~AC_ERR_OTHER;
+	} else if (qc->tf.command == ATA_CMD_REQ_SENSE_DATA) {
+		qc->result_tf.command |= ATA_SENSE;
 	}
 
 	/* finish up */