diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index f0ede5953af8..6a9a769bffc1 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -592,9 +592,19 @@ static ide_startstop_t cdrom_newpc_intr(ide_drive_t *drive)
 			}
 		} else if (!blk_pc_request(rq)) {
 			ide_cd_request_sense_fixup(drive, cmd);
-			/* complain if we still have data left to transfer */
+
 			uptodate = cmd->nleft ? 0 : 1;
-			if (uptodate == 0)
+
+			/*
+			 * suck out the remaining bytes from the drive in an
+			 * attempt to complete the data xfer. (see BZ#13399)
+			 */
+			if (!(stat & ATA_ERR) && !uptodate && thislen) {
+				ide_pio_bytes(drive, cmd, write, thislen);
+				uptodate = cmd->nleft ? 0 : 1;
+			}
+
+			if (!uptodate)
 				rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILED;
 		}
 		goto out_end;