diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 574715d0b0fc547b64f69fb1cc630309507a6d46..af60d2715825e7c98137e142f56f28e93cebcade 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -1015,18 +1015,6 @@ static const char *sata_spd_string(unsigned int spd)
 	return spd_str[spd - 1];
 }
 
-void ata_dev_disable(struct ata_device *dev)
-{
-	if (ata_dev_enabled(dev)) {
-		if (ata_msg_drv(dev->link->ap))
-			ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_WARNING, "disabled\n");
-		ata_acpi_on_disable(dev);
-		ata_down_xfermask_limit(dev, ATA_DNXFER_FORCE_PIO0 |
-					     ATA_DNXFER_QUIET);
-		dev->class++;
-	}
-}
-
 static int ata_dev_set_dipm(struct ata_device *dev, enum link_pm policy)
 {
 	struct ata_link *link = dev->link;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index c15572d22a3b4552ef9fee4f61d76f5eed38b0e9..aafe82bf5e2e0af1477f965d2335ba2be4152a68 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -1175,6 +1175,27 @@ void ata_eh_qc_retry(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	__ata_eh_qc_complete(qc);
 }
 
+/**
+ *	ata_dev_disable - disable ATA device
+ *	@dev: ATA device to disable
+ *
+ *	Disable @dev.
+ *
+ *	Locking:
+ *	EH context.
+ */
+void ata_dev_disable(struct ata_device *dev)
+{
+	if (!ata_dev_enabled(dev))
+		return;
+
+	if (ata_msg_drv(dev->link->ap))
+		ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_WARNING, "disabled\n");
+	ata_acpi_on_disable(dev);
+	ata_down_xfermask_limit(dev, ATA_DNXFER_FORCE_PIO0 | ATA_DNXFER_QUIET);
+	dev->class++;
+}
+
 /**
  *	ata_eh_detach_dev - detach ATA device
  *	@dev: ATA device to detach
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata.h b/drivers/ata/libata.h
index fe2839e58774f01b86b589e3aa59a9c140e0c0d2..0a6f5be1511275dca16d7d6725f9b510f5a93f1d 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata.h
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata.h
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ extern int ata_build_rw_tf(struct ata_taskfile *tf, struct ata_device *dev,
 			   u64 block, u32 n_block, unsigned int tf_flags,
 			   unsigned int tag);
 extern u64 ata_tf_read_block(struct ata_taskfile *tf, struct ata_device *dev);
-extern void ata_dev_disable(struct ata_device *dev);
 extern void ata_pio_queue_task(struct ata_port *ap, void *data,
 			       unsigned long delay);
 extern void ata_port_flush_task(struct ata_port *ap);
@@ -160,6 +159,7 @@ extern void ata_scsi_error(struct Scsi_Host *host);
 extern void ata_port_wait_eh(struct ata_port *ap);
 extern void ata_eh_fastdrain_timerfn(unsigned long arg);
 extern void ata_qc_schedule_eh(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
+extern void ata_dev_disable(struct ata_device *dev);
 extern void ata_eh_detach_dev(struct ata_device *dev);
 extern void ata_eh_about_to_do(struct ata_link *link, struct ata_device *dev,
 			       unsigned int action);