diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 1a4397ae9e48..a5a8f8453061 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ static int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_port *ap, int classify,
 			} else
 				ata_port_printk(ap, KERN_ERR,
 					"prereset failed (errno=%d)\n", rc);
-			return rc;
+			goto out;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1727,7 +1727,8 @@ static int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_port *ap, int classify,
 		/* prereset told us not to reset, bang classes and return */
 		for (i = 0; i < ATA_MAX_DEVICES; i++)
 			classes[i] = ATA_DEV_NONE;
-		return 0;
+		rc = 0;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/* did prereset() screw up?  if so, fix up to avoid oopsing */
@@ -1763,7 +1764,8 @@ static int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_port *ap, int classify,
 			ata_port_printk(ap, KERN_ERR,
 					"follow-up softreset required "
 					"but no softreset avaliable\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
+			rc = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
 		}
 
 		ata_eh_about_to_do(ap, NULL, ATA_EH_RESET_MASK);
@@ -1773,7 +1775,8 @@ static int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_port *ap, int classify,
 		    classes[0] == ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN) {
 			ata_port_printk(ap, KERN_ERR,
 					"classification failed\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
+			rc = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1818,7 +1821,9 @@ static int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_port *ap, int classify,
 		ata_eh_done(ap, NULL, ehc->i.action & ATA_EH_RESET_MASK);
 		ehc->i.action |= ATA_EH_REVALIDATE;
 	}
-
+ out:
+	/* clear hotplug flag */
+	ehc->i.flags &= ~ATA_EHI_HOTPLUGGED;
 	return rc;
 }