diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ses.c b/drivers/scsi/ses.c
index 7d9cec50b77d..044d06410d4c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ses.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ses.c
@@ -559,7 +559,15 @@ static void ses_enclosure_data_process(struct enclosure_device *edev,
 			if (desc_ptr)
 				desc_ptr += len;
 
-			if (addl_desc_ptr)
+			if (addl_desc_ptr &&
+			    /* only find additional descriptions for specific devices */
+			    (type_ptr[0] == ENCLOSURE_COMPONENT_DEVICE ||
+			     type_ptr[0] == ENCLOSURE_COMPONENT_ARRAY_DEVICE ||
+			     type_ptr[0] == ENCLOSURE_COMPONENT_SAS_EXPANDER ||
+			     /* these elements are optional */
+			     type_ptr[0] == ENCLOSURE_COMPONENT_SCSI_TARGET_PORT ||
+			     type_ptr[0] == ENCLOSURE_COMPONENT_SCSI_INITIATOR_PORT ||
+			     type_ptr[0] == ENCLOSURE_COMPONENT_CONTROLLER_ELECTRONICS))
 				addl_desc_ptr += addl_desc_ptr[1] + 2;
 
 		}
diff --git a/include/linux/enclosure.h b/include/linux/enclosure.h
index 7be22da321f3..a4cf57cd0f75 100644
--- a/include/linux/enclosure.h
+++ b/include/linux/enclosure.h
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@
 /* A few generic types ... taken from ses-2 */
 enum enclosure_component_type {
 	ENCLOSURE_COMPONENT_DEVICE = 0x01,
+	ENCLOSURE_COMPONENT_CONTROLLER_ELECTRONICS = 0x07,
+	ENCLOSURE_COMPONENT_SCSI_TARGET_PORT = 0x14,
+	ENCLOSURE_COMPONENT_SCSI_INITIATOR_PORT = 0x15,
 	ENCLOSURE_COMPONENT_ARRAY_DEVICE = 0x17,
+	ENCLOSURE_COMPONENT_SAS_EXPANDER = 0x18,
 };
 
 /* ses-2 common element status */