diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
index 304fdc6f1dc2..2a4c516894f0 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
@@ -1315,11 +1315,6 @@ int ata_sff_hsm_move(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_queued_cmd *qc,
 		break;
 
 	case HSM_ST_ERR:
-		/* make sure qc->err_mask is available to
-		 * know what's wrong and recover
-		 */
-		WARN_ON(!(qc->err_mask & (AC_ERR_DEV | AC_ERR_HSM)));
-
 		ap->hsm_task_state = HSM_ST_IDLE;
 
 		/* complete taskfile transaction */