diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 033d4e6..0154d16 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1306,6 +1306,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft
                           and both resets.
 
+			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during
+			  hot-unplug link recovery
+
 			* dump_id: dump IDENTIFY data.
 
 			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index ea8444e..0491504 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -6381,6 +6381,7 @@ static int __init ata_parse_force_one(char **cur,
 		{ "nohrst",	.lflags		= ATA_LFLAG_NO_HRST },
 		{ "nosrst",	.lflags		= ATA_LFLAG_NO_SRST },
 		{ "norst",	.lflags		= ATA_LFLAG_NO_HRST | ATA_LFLAG_NO_SRST },
+		{ "rstonce",	.lflags		= ATA_LFLAG_RST_ONCE },
 	};
 	char *start = *cur, *p = *cur;
 	char *id, *val, *endp;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 4f12f63..b02748b 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -2605,6 +2605,8 @@ int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_link *link, int classify,
 	 */
 	while (ata_eh_reset_timeouts[max_tries] != ULONG_MAX)
 		max_tries++;
+	if (link->flags & ATA_LFLAG_RST_ONCE)
+		max_tries = 1;
 	if (link->flags & ATA_LFLAG_NO_HRST)
 		hardreset = NULL;
 	if (link->flags & ATA_LFLAG_NO_SRST)
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 83ff256..ad2ea33 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ enum {
 	ATA_LFLAG_DISABLED	= (1 << 6), /* link is disabled */
 	ATA_LFLAG_SW_ACTIVITY	= (1 << 7), /* keep activity stats */
 	ATA_LFLAG_NO_LPM	= (1 << 8), /* disable LPM on this link */
+	ATA_LFLAG_RST_ONCE	= (1 << 9), /* limit recovery to one reset */
 
 	/* struct ata_port flags */
 	ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS	= (1 << 0), /* host supports slave dev */