diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_fsl.c b/drivers/ata/sata_fsl.c
index 3547000..93f8b00 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_fsl.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_fsl.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Author: Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@freescale.com>
  * Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com>
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2006-2007, 2011 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2007, 2011-2012 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it
  * under  the terms of  the GNU General  Public License as published by the
@@ -162,6 +162,16 @@ enum {
 };

 /*
+ * Interrupt Coalescing Control Register bitdefs
+ */
+enum {
+	ICC_MIN_INT_THRESHOLD_COUNT = (1 << 24),
+	ICC_MAX_INT_THRESHOLD_COUNT = (((1 << 4) - 1) << 24),
+	ICC_MIN_INT_THRESHOLD_TIMER = 1,
+	ICC_MAX_INT_THRESHOLD_TIMER = ((1 << 18) - 1),
+};
+
+/*
  * SATA Superset Registers
  */
 enum {
@@ -460,6 +470,13 @@ static unsigned int sata_fsl_qc_issue(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	/* Simply queue command to the controller/device */
 	iowrite32(1 << tag, CQ + hcr_base);

+	/*
+	 * reset the number of command complete bits which will cause the
+	 * interrupt to be signaled
+	 */
+	iowrite32(ICC_MAX_INT_THRESHOLD_COUNT | ICC_MAX_INT_THRESHOLD_TIMER,
+			ICC + hcr_base);
+
 	VPRINTK("xx_qc_issue called, tag=%d, CQ=0x%x, CA=0x%x\n",
 		tag, ioread32(CQ + hcr_base), ioread32(CA + hcr_base));