diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
index e2ad5bed9403..9b65abec2f6e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
@@ -391,7 +391,6 @@ static int asd_build_ata_ascb(struct asd_ascb *ascb, struct sas_task *task,
 
 	scb->ata_task.total_xfer_len = cpu_to_le32(task->total_xfer_len);
 	scb->ata_task.fis = task->ata_task.fis;
-	scb->ata_task.fis.fis_type = 0x27;
 	if (likely(!task->ata_task.device_control_reg_update))
 		scb->ata_task.fis.flags |= 0x80; /* C=1: update ATA cmd reg */
 	scb->ata_task.fis.flags &= 0xF0; /* PM_PORT field shall be 0 */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c
index 5252143b6297..a18c0f6d6668 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ static int sas_issue_ata_cmd(struct domain_device *dev, u8 command,
 
 	task->dev = dev;
 
+	task->ata_task.fis.fis_type = 0x27;
 	task->ata_task.fis.command = command;
 	task->ata_task.fis.features = features;
 	task->ata_task.fis.device = d2h_fis->device;
@@ -483,11 +484,7 @@ static int sas_discover_sata_dev(struct domain_device *dev)
 
 	sas_fill_in_rphy(dev, dev->rphy);
 
-	res = sas_rphy_add(dev->rphy);
-	if (res)
-		goto out_err;
-
-	return res;
+	return 0;
 out_err:
 	dev->sata_dev.identify_packet_device = NULL;
 	dev->sata_dev.identify_device = NULL;
@@ -555,7 +552,7 @@ int sas_discover_sata(struct domain_device *dev)
 
 	res = sas_notify_lldd_dev_found(dev);
 	if (res)
-		goto out_err2;
+		return res;
 
 	switch (dev->dev_type) {
 	case SATA_DEV:
@@ -567,23 +564,12 @@ int sas_discover_sata(struct domain_device *dev)
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
-	if (res)
-		goto out_err;
-
 	sas_notify_lldd_dev_gone(dev);
-	res = sas_notify_lldd_dev_found(dev);
-	if (res)
-		goto out_err2;
+	if (!res) {
+		sas_notify_lldd_dev_found(dev);
+		res = sas_rphy_add(dev->rphy);
+	}
 
-	res = sas_rphy_add(dev->rphy);
-	if (res)
-		goto out_err;
-
-	return res;
-
-out_err:
-	sas_notify_lldd_dev_gone(dev);
-out_err2:
 	return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
index 5ff14ed9baf6..0dc7c02b3837 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
@@ -812,6 +812,12 @@ static unsigned int sas_ata_qc_issue(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	task->task_proto = SAS_PROTOCOL_STP;
 	task->task_done = sas_ata_task_done;
 
+	if (qc->tf.command == ATA_CMD_FPDMA_WRITE ||
+	    qc->tf.command == ATA_CMD_FPDMA_READ) {
+		/* Need to zero out the tag libata assigned us */
+		qc->tf.nsect = 0;
+	}
+
 	ata_tf_to_fis(&qc->tf, (u8*)&task->ata_task.fis, 0);
 	task->uldd_task = qc;
 	if (is_atapi_taskfile(&qc->tf)) {