diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 412d604..ee9bb53 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -551,6 +551,9 @@
 {
 	WARN_ON(!ap->ops->error_handler);
 
+	if (ap->pflags & ATA_PFLAG_INITIALIZING)
+		return;
+
 	ap->pflags |= ATA_PFLAG_EH_PENDING;
 	scsi_schedule_eh(ap->scsi_host);