diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index dfb6e9d3d759921419d8713fc7c48764ad943207..7f099d6e4e0bca601f26f83597e01ec185f03d54 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -2802,10 +2802,11 @@ int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_link *link, int classify,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Some controllers can't be frozen very well and may set
-	 * spuruious error conditions during reset.  Clear accumulated
-	 * error information.  As reset is the final recovery action,
-	 * nothing is lost by doing this.
+	 * Some controllers can't be frozen very well and may set spurious
+	 * error conditions during reset.  Clear accumulated error
+	 * information and re-thaw the port if frozen.  As reset is the
+	 * final recovery action and we cross check link onlineness against
+	 * device classification later, no hotplug event is lost by this.
 	 */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(link->ap->lock, flags);
 	memset(&link->eh_info, 0, sizeof(link->eh_info));
@@ -2814,6 +2815,9 @@ int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_link *link, int classify,
 	ap->pflags &= ~ATA_PFLAG_EH_PENDING;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(link->ap->lock, flags);
 
+	if (ap->pflags & ATA_PFLAG_FROZEN)
+		ata_eh_thaw_port(ap);
+
 	/*
 	 * Make sure onlineness and classification result correspond.
 	 * Hotplug could have happened during reset and some