diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
index a06f5d6..a3241a1 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
@@ -2718,6 +2718,30 @@
 			},
 			.driver_data = "20071026",	/* yyyymmdd */
 		},
+		/*
+		 * All BIOS versions for the MSI K9A2 Platinum (MS-7376)
+		 * support 64bit DMA.
+		 *
+		 * BIOS versions earlier than 1.5 had the Manufacturer DMI
+		 * fields as "MICRO-STAR INTERANTIONAL CO.,LTD".
+		 * This spelling mistake was fixed in BIOS version 1.5, so
+		 * 1.5 and later have the Manufacturer as
+		 * "MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD".
+		 * So try to match on DMI_BOARD_VENDOR of "MICRO-STAR INTER".
+		 *
+		 * BIOS versions earlier than 1.9 had a Board Product Name
+		 * DMI field of "MS-7376". This was changed to be
+		 * "K9A2 Platinum (MS-7376)" in version 1.9, but we can still
+		 * match on DMI_BOARD_NAME of "MS-7376".
+		 */
+		{
+			.ident = "MSI K9A2 Platinum",
+			.matches = {
+				DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR,
+					  "MICRO-STAR INTER"),
+				DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "MS-7376"),
+			},
+		},
 		{ }
 	};
 	const struct dmi_system_id *match;
@@ -2729,18 +2753,24 @@
 	    !match)
 		return false;
 
+	if (!match->driver_data)
+		goto enable_64bit;
+
 	dmi_get_date(DMI_BIOS_DATE, &year, &month, &date);
 	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%04d%02d%02d", year, month, date);
 
-	if (strcmp(buf, match->driver_data) >= 0) {
-		dev_printk(KERN_WARNING, &pdev->dev, "%s: enabling 64bit DMA\n",
-			   match->ident);
-		return true;
-	} else {
+	if (strcmp(buf, match->driver_data) >= 0)
+		goto enable_64bit;
+	else {
 		dev_printk(KERN_WARNING, &pdev->dev, "%s: BIOS too old, "
 			   "forcing 32bit DMA, update BIOS\n", match->ident);
 		return false;
 	}
+
+enable_64bit:
+	dev_printk(KERN_WARNING, &pdev->dev, "%s: enabling 64bit DMA\n",
+		   match->ident);
+	return true;
 }
 
 static bool ahci_broken_system_poweroff(struct pci_dev *pdev)
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index d7f0f1b..dc72690 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -4919,10 +4919,11 @@
  */
 void ata_qc_free(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 {
-	struct ata_port *ap = qc->ap;
+	struct ata_port *ap;
 	unsigned int tag;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(qc == NULL); /* ata_qc_from_tag _might_ return NULL */
+	ap = qc->ap;
 
 	qc->flags = 0;
 	tag = qc->tag;
@@ -4934,11 +4935,13 @@
 
 void __ata_qc_complete(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 {
-	struct ata_port *ap = qc->ap;
-	struct ata_link *link = qc->dev->link;
+	struct ata_port *ap;
+	struct ata_link *link;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(qc == NULL); /* ata_qc_from_tag _might_ return NULL */
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!(qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_ACTIVE));
+	ap = qc->ap;
+	link = qc->dev->link;
 
 	if (likely(qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_DMAMAP))
 		ata_sg_clean(qc);
diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_via.c b/drivers/ata/sata_via.c
index bdd43c7..02efd9a 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_via.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_via.c
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@
 	{ PCI_VDEVICE(VIA, 0x7372), vt6420 },
 	{ PCI_VDEVICE(VIA, 0x5287), vt8251 }, /* 2 sata chnls (Master/Slave) */
 	{ PCI_VDEVICE(VIA, 0x9000), vt8251 },
-	{ PCI_VDEVICE(VIA, 0x9040), vt8251 },
 
 	{ }	/* terminate list */
 };