diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index e4e0e2e..e37258b 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -1920,20 +1920,31 @@
 			tmp = atapi_eh_request_sense(qc->dev,
 						qc->scsicmd->sense_buffer,
 						qc->result_tf.feature >> 4);
-			if (!tmp) {
-				/* ATA_QCFLAG_SENSE_VALID is used to
-				 * tell atapi_qc_complete() that sense
-				 * data is already valid.
-				 *
-				 * TODO: interpret sense data and set
-				 * appropriate err_mask.
-				 */
+			if (!tmp)
 				qc->flags |= ATA_QCFLAG_SENSE_VALID;
-			} else
+			else
 				qc->err_mask |= tmp;
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_SENSE_VALID) {
+		int ret = scsi_check_sense(qc->scsicmd);
+		/*
+		 * SUCCESS here means that the sense code could
+		 * evaluated and should be passed to the upper layers
+		 * for correct evaluation.
+		 * FAILED means the sense code could not interpreted
+		 * and the device would need to be reset.
+		 * NEEDS_RETRY and ADD_TO_MLQUEUE means that the
+		 * command would need to be retried.
+		 */
+		if (ret == NEEDS_RETRY || ret == ADD_TO_MLQUEUE) {
+			qc->flags |= ATA_QCFLAG_RETRY;
+			qc->err_mask |= AC_ERR_OTHER;
+		} else if (ret != SUCCESS) {
+			qc->err_mask |= AC_ERR_HSM;
+		}
+	}
 	if (qc->err_mask & (AC_ERR_HSM | AC_ERR_TIMEOUT | AC_ERR_ATA_BUS))
 		action |= ATA_EH_RESET;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index 984ddcb..a8b610e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@
  *	When a deferred error is detected the current command has
  *	not been executed and needs retrying.
  */
-static int scsi_check_sense(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
+int scsi_check_sense(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
 {
 	struct scsi_device *sdev = scmd->device;
 	struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@
 		return SUCCESS;
 	}
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(scsi_check_sense);
 
 static void scsi_handle_queue_ramp_up(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 {
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h b/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h
index dbb8c64..98d366b 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 extern int scsi_block_when_processing_errors(struct scsi_device *);
 extern bool scsi_command_normalize_sense(const struct scsi_cmnd *cmd,
 					 struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr);
+extern int scsi_check_sense(struct scsi_cmnd *);
 
 static inline bool scsi_sense_is_deferred(const struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr)
 {