diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sata.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sata.c
index 1e59e5b6b047..b5aa525d8760 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sata.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sata.c
@@ -1413,7 +1413,8 @@ static int ata_eh_read_log_10h(struct ata_device *dev,
 	tf->hob_lbah = buf[10];
 	tf->nsect = buf[12];
 	tf->hob_nsect = buf[13];
-	if (dev->class == ATA_DEV_ZAC && ata_id_has_ncq_autosense(dev->id))
+	if (dev->class == ATA_DEV_ZAC && ata_id_has_ncq_autosense(dev->id) &&
+	    (tf->status & ATA_SENSE))
 		tf->auxiliary = buf[14] << 16 | buf[15] << 8 | buf[16];
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1477,8 +1478,12 @@ void ata_eh_analyze_ncq_error(struct ata_link *link)
 	memcpy(&qc->result_tf, &tf, sizeof(tf));
 	qc->result_tf.flags = ATA_TFLAG_ISADDR | ATA_TFLAG_LBA | ATA_TFLAG_LBA48;
 	qc->err_mask |= AC_ERR_DEV | AC_ERR_NCQ;
-	if (dev->class == ATA_DEV_ZAC &&
-	    ((qc->result_tf.status & ATA_SENSE) || qc->result_tf.auxiliary)) {
+
+	/*
+	 * If the device supports NCQ autosense, ata_eh_read_log_10h() will have
+	 * stored the sense data in qc->result_tf.auxiliary.
+	 */
+	if (qc->result_tf.auxiliary) {
 		char sense_key, asc, ascq;
 
 		sense_key = (qc->result_tf.auxiliary >> 16) & 0xff;