diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
index 6c12c0f19f39..d5d8caba3560 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_task.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static inline int asd_map_scatterlist(struct sas_task *task,
 
 	/* STP tasks come from libata which has already mapped
 	 * the SG list */
-	if (task->task_proto == SAS_PROTOCOL_STP)
+	if (sas_protocol_ata(task->task_proto))
 		num_sg = task->num_scatter;
 	else
 		num_sg = pci_map_sg(asd_ha->pcidev, task->scatter,
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static inline int asd_map_scatterlist(struct sas_task *task,
 
 	return 0;
 err_unmap:
-	if (task->task_proto != SAS_PROTOCOL_STP)
+	if (sas_protocol_ata(task->task_proto))
 		pci_unmap_sg(asd_ha->pcidev, task->scatter, task->num_scatter,
 			     task->data_dir);
 	return res;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c
index a18c0f6d6668..4d768db1b567 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ static int sas_execute_task(struct sas_task *task, void *buffer, int size,
 	task->total_xfer_len = size;
 	task->data_dir = pci_dma_dir;
 	task->task_done = sas_disc_task_done;
+	if (pci_dma_dir != PCI_DMA_NONE &&
+	    sas_protocol_ata(task->task_proto)) {
+		task->num_scatter = pci_map_sg(task->dev->port->ha->pcidev,
+					       task->scatter,
+					       task->num_scatter,
+					       task->data_dir);
+	}
 
 	for (retries = 0; retries < 5; retries++) {
 		task->task_state_flags = SAS_TASK_STATE_PENDING;
@@ -192,8 +199,13 @@ static int sas_execute_task(struct sas_task *task, void *buffer, int size,
 		}
 	}
 ex_err:
-	if (pci_dma_dir != PCI_DMA_NONE)
+	if (pci_dma_dir != PCI_DMA_NONE) {
+		if (sas_protocol_ata(task->task_proto))
+			pci_unmap_sg(task->dev->port->ha->pcidev,
+				     task->scatter, task->num_scatter,
+				     task->data_dir);
 		kfree(scatter);
+	}
 out:
 	return res;
 }
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.h b/include/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.h
index 9aedc19820b0..97eeb5b59ea5 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.h
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ enum sas_protocol {
 	SAS_PROTOCOL_SSP		= 0x08,
 };
 
+static inline int sas_protocol_ata(enum sas_protocol proto)
+{
+	return ((proto & SAS_PROTOCOL_SATA) ||
+		(proto & SAS_PROTOCOL_STP))? 1 : 0;
+}
+
 enum sas_linkrate {
 	/* These Values are defined in the SAS standard */
 	SAS_LINK_RATE_UNKNOWN = 0,