diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index cc816ca..303fc0d 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -4297,7 +4297,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- *	ata_check_atapi_dma - Check whether ATAPI DMA can be supported
+ *	atapi_check_dma - Check whether ATAPI DMA can be supported
  *	@qc: Metadata associated with taskfile to check
  *
  *	Allow low-level driver to filter ATA PACKET commands, returning
@@ -4310,7 +4310,7 @@
  *	RETURNS: 0 when ATAPI DMA can be used
  *               nonzero otherwise
  */
-int ata_check_atapi_dma(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
+int atapi_check_dma(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 {
 	struct ata_port *ap = qc->ap;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index 2e6e162..57a4364 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -2343,8 +2343,8 @@
 {
 	struct scsi_cmnd *scmd = qc->scsicmd;
 	struct ata_device *dev = qc->dev;
-	int using_pio = (dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_PIO);
 	int nodata = (scmd->sc_data_direction == DMA_NONE);
+	int using_pio = !nodata && (dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_PIO);
 	unsigned int nbytes;
 
 	memset(qc->cdb, 0, dev->cdb_len);
@@ -2362,7 +2362,7 @@
 	ata_qc_set_pc_nbytes(qc);
 
 	/* check whether ATAPI DMA is safe */
-	if (!using_pio && ata_check_atapi_dma(qc))
+	if (!nodata && !using_pio && atapi_check_dma(qc))
 		using_pio = 1;
 
 	/* Some controller variants snoop this value for Packet
@@ -2402,13 +2402,11 @@
 	qc->tf.lbam = (nbytes & 0xFF);
 	qc->tf.lbah = (nbytes >> 8);
 
-	if (using_pio || nodata) {
-		/* no data, or PIO data xfer */
-		if (nodata)
-			qc->tf.protocol = ATAPI_PROT_NODATA;
-		else
-			qc->tf.protocol = ATAPI_PROT_PIO;
-	} else {
+	if (nodata)
+		qc->tf.protocol = ATAPI_PROT_NODATA;
+	else if (using_pio)
+		qc->tf.protocol = ATAPI_PROT_PIO;
+	else {
 		/* DMA data xfer */
 		qc->tf.protocol = ATAPI_PROT_DMA;
 		qc->tf.feature |= ATAPI_PKT_DMA;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata.h b/drivers/ata/libata.h
index 4514283..1cf803a 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata.h
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 extern void ata_qc_free(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
 extern void ata_qc_issue(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
 extern void __ata_qc_complete(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
-extern int ata_check_atapi_dma(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
+extern int atapi_check_dma(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
 extern void swap_buf_le16(u16 *buf, unsigned int buf_words);
 extern void ata_dev_init(struct ata_device *dev);
 extern void ata_link_init(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_link *link, int pmp);